TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morganti,Kristy Gonzalez
AU  - Bauhoff,Sebastian
AU  - Blanchard,Janice C.
AU  - Abir,Mahshid
AU  - Iyer,Neema
AU  - Smith,Alexandria C.
AU  - Vesely,Joseph V.
AU  - Okeke,Edward N.
AU  - Kellermann,Arthur L.
ED  - RAND Health.
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - American College of Emergency Physicians.
TI  - The evolving role of emergency departments in the United States
SN  - 0833080792 (pbk. : alk. paper)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
N1  - "RAND Health."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-63); Introduction -- Conceptual Model of ED Use -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion; Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - The research described in this report was performed to develop a more complete picture of how hospital emergency departments (EDs) contribute to the U.S. health care system, which is currently evolving in response to economic, clinical, and political pressures. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods, it explores the evolving role that EDs and the personnel who staff them play in evaluating and managing complex and high-acuity patients, serving as the key decisionmaker for roughly half of all inpatient hospital admissions, and serving as “the safety net of the safety net” for patients who cannot get care elsewhere. The report also examines the role that EDs may soon play in either contributing to or helping to control the rising costs of health care
UR  - http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR280.html
ER  -