A "top Five" list for emergency medicine: A policy and research agenda for stewardship to improve the value of emergency care

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1520-1524

  Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885290530     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.07.019     Document Type: Note

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