Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-108

  Johnson, Michele ^a   Myers, Stephanie ^a   Wineholt, June ^a   Pollack, Marc ^a   Kusmiesz, Amy L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Emergency department; Medical examination; Wait time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649126259     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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