Emergency department visits by persons recently discharged from U.S. hospitals

National Health Statistics Reports

Volumn , Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Burt, Catharine W ^a   McCaig, Linda F ^a   Simon, Alan E ^a  

^a Division of Health Care Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department visits; Hospital discharges; NHAMCS; NHDS; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872780287     PISSN: 21648344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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