Qualitative factors in patients who die shortly after emergency department discharge

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 778-785

  Gabayan, Gelareh Z ^a,b,c   Sun, Benjamin C ^d   Asch, Steven M ^e   Timmermans, Stefan ^a   Sarkisian, Catherine ^a,b   Yiu, Sau ^f   Lancaster, Elizabeth M ^c,f   Trudy Poon, K ^f   Kellermann, Arthur L ^g   Ryan, Gery ^g   Miniel, Nicholas J ^h   Flansbaum, Drew ^c   Hoffman, Jerome R ^c   Derose, Stephen F ^f,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Kaiser Permanente Southern California ^*  (United States)

^g RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^h OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882384606     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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