The Recidivism Characteristics of an Emergency Department Observation Unit

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Ross, Michael A ^a   Hemphill, Robin R ^a   Abramson, Jerome ^a   Schwab, Kim ^a   Clark, Carol ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATION UNIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECIDIVISM; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953590174     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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