Racial disparities in emergency department length of stay for admitted patients in the United States

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 403-410

  Pines, Jesse M ^a,b,c   Localio, Russell A ^c   Hollander, Judd E ^d  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Research Forum October 2007   (United States)

Author keywords

Boarding; Crowding; Disparities; Emergency; Length of stay; Overcrowding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66249116654     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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