Emergency department waiting room: Many requests, many insured and many primary care physician referrals

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kamali, Michael F ^a   Jain, Minal ^a   Jain, Anunaya R ^a   Schneider, Sandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Patients; Preferences; Primary care; Satisfaction; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; WAITING ROOM;

EID: 84893528706     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-6-35     Document Type: Article

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