Characteristics of patients who return to the emergency department within 72 hours in one community hospital

Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-353

  White, Debra ^a   Kaplan, Louise ^b   Eddy, Linda ^c  

^a St John Medical Center   (United States)

^b American Nurses Association   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

72 hr returns; Emergency department care; Health services utilization; Patient readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PAIN; PATIENT READMISSION; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856148631     PISSN: 19314485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TME.0b013e31823438d6     Document Type: Article

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