Distribution of emergency departments according to annual visit volume and urban-rural status: Implications for access and staffing

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1390-1397

  Muelleman, Robert L ^a   Sullivan, Ashley F ^b   Espinola, Janice A ^b   Ginde, Adit A ^c   Wadman, Michael C ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78649996482     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00924.x     Document Type: Article

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