The growing role of emergency departments in hospital admissions

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 391-393

  Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a,c   Venkatesh, Arjun K ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84864518405     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1204431     Document Type: Article

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