Metrics in the Science of Surge

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1173-1178

  Handler, Jonathan A ^a   Gillam, Michael ^a   Kirsch, Thomas D ^a   Feied, Craig F ^a  

^a MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

informatics; metrics; surge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER;

CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33750980983     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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