Seventy-two-hour returns may not be a good indicator of safety in the emergency department: a national study

Authors

Julius Cuong Pham
Thomas D. Kirsch, George Washington University
Peter Michael Hill
Katherine DeRuggerio
Beatrice Hoffmann

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

4-1-2011

Journal

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume

18

Issue

4

DOI

10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01042.x

Keywords

Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cross-Sectional Studies; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Health Resources; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Patient Admission; Patient Readmission; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Safety; Severity of Illness Index; Time Factors; United States; Young Adult

APA Citation

Pham, J., Kirsch, T. D., Hill, P., DeRuggerio, K., & Hoffmann, B. (2011). Seventy-two-hour returns may not be a good indicator of safety in the emergency department: a national study. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 18 (4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01042.x

Peer Reviewed

1