Age-Related Emergency Department Reliance in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 513-522.e1

  Blinder, Morey A ^a   Duh, Mei Sheng ^b   Sasane, Medha ^c   Trahey, Alex ^b   Paley, Carole ^c   Vekeman, Francis ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

access to care; acute care; emergency department; emergency department reliance; health care costs; sickle cell disease; transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943580591     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.12.080     Document Type: Article

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