Cost-effective: Emergency department care coordination with a regional hospital information system

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-231

  Murphy, Sean M ^a   Neven, Darin ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

care coordination; cost effectiveness; emergency department; frequent users; information exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905044703     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.11.073     Document Type: Article

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