Emergency Department Utilization in the United States and Ontario, Canada

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 582-584

  Li, Guohua ^a   Lau, Jonathan T ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a   Schull, Michael J ^a   Vermeulen, Marian ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; emergency care; emergency department crowding; health insurance; health policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248592475     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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