Frequent users of emergency department services: Gaps in knowledge and a proposed research agenda

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pines, Jesse M ^a   Asplin, Brent R ^b,i   Kaji, Amy H ^c   Lowe, Robert A ^d   Magid, David J ^e   Raven, Maria ^f   Weber, Ellen J ^g   Yealy, Donald M ^h  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Fairview Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE PARENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WHEEZING;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959303794     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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