Enhancing systems to improve the management of acute, unscheduled care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Braithwaite, Sabina A ^a   Pines, Jesse M ^b   Asplin, Brent R ^c,e   Epstein, Stephen K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Fairview Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959317319     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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