An intervention connecting low-acuity emergency department patients with primary care: Effect on future primary care linkage

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Doran, Kelly M ^a   Colucci, Ashley C ^b   Hessler, Robert A ^b   Ngai, Calvin K ^b   Williams, Nicholas D ^b   Wallach, Andrew B ^b   Tanner, Michael ^b   Allen, Machelle H ^b   Goldfrank, Lewis R ^b   Wall, Stephen P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

EID: 84876590762     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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