Epidemiologic patterns of injuries treated in ambulatory care settings

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 544-551

  Betz, Marian E ^a,c   Li, Guohua ^a,b  

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

^b Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27944469545     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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