EMTALA, two decades later: A descriptive review of fiscal year 2000 violations

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-205

  Ballard, Dustin W ^a,b   Derlet, Robert W ^b   Rich, Ben A ^b   Lowe, Robert A ^c,d,e  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ACTIVE LABOR ACT; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LABOR; LAW; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 33144475573     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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