Does integrated emergency care reduce mortality and non-elective admissions? A retrospective analysis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-212

  Boyle, Adrian ^a   Fuld, Jonathon ^a   Ahmed, Vazeer ^a   Bennett, Tom ^a   Robinson, Susan ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDIZED ADMISSION RATIO; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857363703     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.108142     Document Type: Article

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