The National Emergency Department Safety Study: Study Rationale and Design

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1182-1189

  Sullivan, Ashley F ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^a   Gordon, James A ^a   Guadagnoli, Edward ^a   Kaushal, Rainu ^a   Magid, David J ^a   Rao, Sowmya R ^a   Blumenthal, David ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; methodology; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; DISLOCATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36349035023     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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