Derivation and reliability of an instrument to estimate medical benefit of emergency treatment

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 404-411

  Haukoos, Jason S ^a,b,c   Witt, Mallory D ^d,e   Lewis, Roger J ^d,e  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77951897681     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.12.034     Document Type: Article

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