Structure and function of the emergency department: Matching emergency department choices to the emergency department mission

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-72

  Graber, Thomas W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 1542327248     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(03)00118-4     Document Type: Review

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