Increasing critical care admissions from U.S. emergency departments, 2001-2009

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1197-1204

  Herring, Andrew A ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^b   Fahimi, Jahan ^a   Alter, Harrison J ^a   Maselli, Judith H ^c   Espinola, Janice A ^d   Sullivan, Ashley F ^d   Camargo, Carlos A ^d  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; crowding; emergency service; health care disparities; hospital workforce

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876576040     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31827c086f     Document Type: Article

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