Defining frequent use of an urban emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 398-401

  Locker, Thomas E ^a,b   Baston, Simon ^a,b   Mason, Suzanne M ^a,b   Nicholl, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249861938     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.043844     Document Type: Article

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