Emergency department visits in veterans affairs medical facilities

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hastings, S Nicole ^a,b   Smith, Valerie A ^a   Weinberger, Morris ^a,c   Schmader, Kenneth E ^a,b   Olsen, Maren K ^a,b   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79960278405     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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