Re-attendance to the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 360-361

  Whiticar, R ^a   Webb, H ^a   Smith, S ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 45149099937     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.050617     Document Type: Article

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