Variation in US hospital emergency department admission rates by clinical condition

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-244

  Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a,b   Dai, Ying ^c   Ross, Joseph S ^b,c,d   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^e   Capp, Roberta ^f   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

efficiency measurement; emergency department; hospital admission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924065175     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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