Emergency department hospitalization volume and mortality in the United States

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 446-457.e6

  Kocher, Keith E ^a,b   Haggins, Adrianne N ^a,b,c   Sabbatini, Amber K ^a   Sauser, Kori ^a,b,d   Sharp, Adam L ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEPSIS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908373491     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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