Effects of the September 11th attacks on urgent and emergent medical evaluations in a Northern California managed care plan

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 556-562

  Johnston, S Claiborne ^a,b   Sorel, Michael E ^a   Sidney, Stephen ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TERRORISM;

CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; NEW YORK CITY; TERRORISM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036852431     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01321-9     Document Type: Article

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