Rising utilization of US emergency departments: Maybe it is time to stop blaming the patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-14

  Schull, Michael J ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11144245939     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.09.027     Document Type: Editorial

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