State of affairs of emergency medicine in the Veterans Health Administration

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 947-951

  Kessler, Chad ^a   Chen, Jennifer ^b   Dill, Curt ^c   Tyndall, Gary ^c,d   Olszyk, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77957348062     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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