Factors associated with closures of emergency departments in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1978-1985

  Hsia, Renee Y ^a   Kellermann, Arthur L ^b   Shen, Yu Chu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; COMPETITION; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MARKET; MEDICARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79956099334     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.620     Document Type: Article

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