Patients Who Leave Without Being Seen: Their Characteristics and History of Emergency Department Use

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 686-693

  Ding, Ru ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a   Li, Guohua ^a   Kirsch, Thomas D ^a   Jung, Julianna J ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750946177     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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