National study of patient, visit, and hospital characteristics associated with leaving an emergency department without being seen: Predicting LWBS

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 949-955

  Pham, Julius Cuong ^a   Ho, George K ^a   Hill, Peter M ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Quality indicators; Quality of health care; Safety; Treatment refusal; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAID; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350067569     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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