Appropriateness of Emergency Department Visits in a Turkish University Hospital

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 585-591

  Oktay, Cem ^a,b   Cete, Yildiray ^a   Eray, Oktay ^a   Pekdemir, Murat ^a   Gunerli, Ali ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinic visits; Delivery of health care; Emergencies; Emergency medical services; Emergency service, hospital; Emergency treatment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CROWDING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0242443911     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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