Brief report: Factors affecting outpatient follow-up compliance of emergency department patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 938-942

  Kyriacou, Demetrios N ^a,c   Handel, Dan ^a,b   Stein, Adam C ^a   Nelson, Regina R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Follow up compliance; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444482802     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0216_1.x     Document Type: Article

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