Volume and Outcome: The More Patients the Better?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 657-659

  Chase, Maureen ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX PAIN;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 33750961773     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.04.012     Document Type: Editorial

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