The Association between Medicolegal and Professional Concerns and Chest Pain Admission Rates

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 883-886

  Brooker, Julie A ^a   Hastings, Jeffrey W ^a   Major Monfried, Hannah ^a   Maron, Chad P ^a   Winkel, Maia ^a   Wijeratne, H R Sagara ^a   Fleischman, William ^a,b   Weingart, Scott ^a,c   Newman, David H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84937024081     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12708     Document Type: Article

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