Individual emergency physician admission rates: Predictably unpredictable

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-155

  Mutrie, David ^a,b   Bailey, S Kathleen ^b   Malik, Saleem ^a,b  

^a THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency physician admission rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66849111664     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500011118     Document Type: Article

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