Appropriate Statistical Treatment of Frequent Emergency Department Visits in Health Services Research

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-

  Tsai, Chu Lin ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LETTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847179839     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.08.044     Document Type: Letter

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