Burden of emergency conditions and emergency care usage: New estimates from 40 countries

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 794-800

  Chang, Cindy Y ^a   Abujaber, Samer ^a   Reynolds, Teri A ^b   Camargo, Carlos A ^c,d   Obermeyer, Ziad ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; emergency care systems; emergency department utilisation; global health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DELPHI STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MORTALITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84979074101     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2016-205709     Document Type: Article

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