The On-Call Crisis: A Statewide Assessment of the Costs of Providing On-Call Specialist Coverage

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  McConnell, K John ^a   Johnson, Loren A ^b   Arab, Nadia ^c   Richards, Christopher F ^a   Newgard, Craig D ^a   Edlund, Tina ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sutter Emergency Medical Associates Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Oregon Health Policy and Research   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248570108     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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