Prevalence of information gaps in the emergency department and the effect on patient outcomes

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1023-1028

  Stiell, Andrew ^a   Forster, Alan J ^b   Stiell, Ian G ^c   Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,d  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0344515549     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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