Assessing the suitability of intervention sites for quality improvement studies in emergency departments

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 667-670

  Metlay, Joshua P ^a,d   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b   Bos, Karen ^b   Gonzales, Ralph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d 712 Blockley Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Emergency medical services; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444488464     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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