Impact of a transfer center on interhospital referrals and transfers to a tertiary care center

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 653-657

  Southard, Patricia A ^a   Hedges, Jerris R ^a   Hunter, John G ^a   Ungerleider, Ross M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Decision making; Interhospital; Transfer; Transfer center

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INSURANCE, HEALTH; OREGON; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 20444452568     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.03.515     Document Type: Article

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