The left-without-being-seen patients: What would keep them from leaving?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-323

  Arendt, Katherine W ^a,c   Sadosty, Annie T ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^b   Brent, Christopher R ^b   Boie, Eric T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041323228     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00404-9     Document Type: Article

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