Validation of an algorithm for categorizing the severity of hospital emergency department visits

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-63

  Ballard, Dustin W ^a,b   Price, Mary ^b   Fung, Vicki ^b   Brand, Richard ^c   Reed, Mary E ^b   Fireman, Bruce ^b   Newhouse, Joseph P ^e,f   Selby, Joseph V ^b   Hsu, John ^b,d  

^a Emergency Department   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access utilization of services; Billings; Emergency care; Health care financing insurance; NYU algorithm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949095925     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181bd49ad     Document Type: Article

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