Emergency outpatient services in the city of Berlin: Factors for appropriate use and predictors for hospital admission

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 352-357

  David, Matthias ^a   Schwartau, Imke ^b   Anand Pant, Hans ^c   Borde, Theda ^d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Clinic for Gynaecological Oncology   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ALICE SALOMON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of use; Emergency outpatient services; Ethnicity; Physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGEISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BERLIN; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33750803691     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000228451.15103.89     Document Type: Article

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