Access to Emergency Care: Restricted by Long Waiting Times and Cost and Coverage Concerns

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-573

  Kennedy, Jae ^a   Rhodes, Karin ^b   Walls, Craig A ^c   Asplin, Brant R ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 2342441330     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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