Frequent users of US emergency departments: Characteristics and opportunities for intervention

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 526-532

  Vinton, Deborah T ^a   Capp, Roberta ^a   Rooks, Sean P ^a   Abbott, Jean T ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902551161     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202407     Document Type: Article

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