Frequent Emergency Department Visitors: The End of Inappropriateness

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-20

  Bernstein, Steven L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744995812     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.033     Document Type: Editorial

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