NHAMCS: Does it hold up to scrutiny?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 722-725

  Cooper, Richelle J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COST; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL HOSPITAL AMBULATORY MEDICAL CARE SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING ERROR;

EID: 84870159490     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.10.013     Document Type: Editorial

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