Trends and characteristics of US emergency department visits, 1997-2007

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 664-670

  Tang, Ning ^a   Stein, John ^a   Hsia, Renee Y ^a   Maselli, Judith H ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955402746     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1112     Document Type: Article

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