Research using emergency department-related data sets: Current status and future directions

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1103-1109

  Hirshon, Jon Mark ^a   Warner, Margaret ^b   Irvin, Charlene B ^c   Niska, Richard W ^b   Andersen, Daniel A ^a   Smith, Gordon S ^a   McCaig, Linda F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data sets; Emergency departments; Health services; Research

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73249138897     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00554.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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