Impact of the San Diego Serial Inebriate Program on use of emergency medical resources

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 328-336

  Dunford, James V ^a   Castillo, Edward M ^b   Chan, Theodore C ^a   Vilke, Gary M ^a   Jenson, Peter ^c   Lindsay, Suzanne P ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Long Beach Memorial Family Medicine Residence Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644992012     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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