Measuring the value of the emergency department from the patient's perspective

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-325

  Dresden, Scott M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84876694347     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.09.011     Document Type: Editorial

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