What drives frequent emergency department use in an integrated health system? National data from the veterans health administration

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-159

  Doran, Kelly M ^a,b   Raven, Maria C ^c   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b,d  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84880569847     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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