Unscheduled return visits with and without admission post emergency department discharge

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1110-1118

  Hu, Keng Wei ^a,b   Lu, Yu Hui ^a   Lin, Hung Jung ^a   Guo, How Ran ^b,c   Foo, Ning Ping ^b,d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

admission; crowding; Emergency Department; medical errors; unscheduled return visit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870469423     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.062     Document Type: Article

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