Value of mandatory screening studies in emergency department patients cleared for psychiatric admission

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-393

  Parmar, Parveen ^a   Goolsby, Craig A ^b   Udompanyanan, Kavid ^c   Matesick, Leslie D ^d   Burgamy, Kirk P ^e   Mower, William R ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICARE; MENTAL PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; SCREENING;

EID: 84872511047     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.1.6754     Document Type: Article

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