Unscheduled Return Visits (URV) in adults to the Emergency Department (ED): A rapid evidence assessment policy review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 324-329

  Trivedy, Chetan R ^a,b   Cooke, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOPUS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSCHEDULED RETURN VISIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925606658     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202719     Document Type: Review

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