Predictors and outcomes of frequent emergency department users

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-328

  Sun, Benjamin C ^a   Burstin, Helen R ^b   Brennan, Troyen A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Frequent users; Heavy users

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037390861     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.4.320     Document Type: Article

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