Requests for 692 transfers to an academic Level I trauma center: Implications of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-67

  Spain, David A ^a,b   Bellino, Michael ^a   Kopelman, Andrew ^a   Chang, James ^a   Park, Jongsoo ^a   Gregg, David L ^a   Brundage, Susan I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA); Transfer center; Trauma transfers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ACTIVE LABOR ACT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846216991     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31802d9716     Document Type: Article

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