What we don't know may hurt us: Interventions for frequent emergency department users

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-55

  Raven, Maria C ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; THIAMINE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ASTHMA; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; METERED DOSE INHALER; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; STEROID THERAPY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED;

EID: 79959479485     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.04.009     Document Type: Editorial

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