Return visits to the emergency department: The patient perspective

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 377-386.e3

  Rising, Kristin L ^a   Padrez, Kevin A ^b   O'Brien, Meghan ^c   Hollander, Judd E ^a   Carr, Brendan G ^d   Shea, Judy A ^e  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930354420     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.07.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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