Factors influencing emergency department preference for access to healthcare

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 410-415

  Brown, Lindsay E ^a   Burton, Ryan ^a   Hixon, Brian ^a   Kakade, Manasi ^b   Bhagalia, Parul ^b   Vick, Catherine ^c   Edwards, Andrew ^d   Hawn, Mary T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SEIZURE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84872571174     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.11.6820     Document Type: Article

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