Predicting patient patterns in veterans administration emergency departments

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-207

  Kessler, Chad S ^a   Bhandarkar, Stephen ^a   Casey, Paul ^a   Tenner, Andrea ^a  

^a JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergecy department; Patient population; Veteran's Administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961228232     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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