Patient preference for emergency care: Can and should it be changed?

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-293

  Delia, Derek ^a   Cantor, Joel C ^a   Brownlee, Susan ^a   Nova, Jose ^a   Gaboda, Dorothy ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

delivery reform; emergency care; emergency department; health care organization; patient preferences

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860526293     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558711430689     Document Type: Review

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