Frequent attenders at emergency departments: Research regarding the utility of management plans fails to take into account the natural attrition of attendance

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1331, 2011, Pages

  Peddie, Suzanne ^a   Richardson, Sandra ^a   Salt, Lisa ^a   Ardagh, Michael ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ADDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953659978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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