Disparities in emergency department wait times for acute gastrointestinal illnesses: Results from the national hospital ambulatory medical care survey, 1997-2006

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1668-1673

  Wu, Bechien U ^a   Banks, Peter A ^a   Conwell, Darwin L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67650455938     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.189     Document Type: Article

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