Association of emergency department length of stay with safety-net status

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 476-482

  Fee, Christopher ^a   Burstin, Helen ^b   Maselli, Judith H ^a   Hsia, Renee Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SAFETY NET STATUS;

EID: 84856466383     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.41     Document Type: Article

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