Rationing in the emergency department: The good, the bad, and the unacceptable

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-176

  Cross, Elizabeth ^a   Goodacre, S ^b   O'Cathain, A ^a   Arnold, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 14944361816     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.020180     Document Type: Article

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