Update on midlevel provider utilization in U.S. emergency departments, 2006 to 2009

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 986-989

  Wiler, Jennifer L ^a   Rooks, Sean P ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDLEVEL PROVIDER; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865393107     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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