Low-severity musculoskeletal complaints evaluated in the emergency department

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1987-1995

  Gaieski, David F ^a   Mehta, Samir ^b   Hollander, Judd E ^a   Shofer, Frances ^a   Bernstein, Joseph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK INJURIES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK INJURIES; PHILADELPHIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 48849094256     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0277-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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