Evaluation of non-urgent visits to a busy urban emergency department

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 967-972

  Eroglu, Serkan E ^a   Toprak, Siddika N ^a   Urgan, Oguz ^a   Onur, Ozge E ^a   Denizbasi, Arzu ^a   Akoglu, Haldun ^b   Ozpolat, Cigdem ^a   Akoglu, Ebru ^a  

^a MERSIN STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVALUATION; HUMANS; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; UTILIZATION;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84877992985     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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