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008 081015s2013 caua b 000 0 eng d
020 _a0833080792 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a9780833080790 (pbk. : alk. paper)
027 _aRAND/RR-280-ACEP
037 _c$20.00
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040 _aCstmoR
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043 _an-us---
245 0 4 _aThe evolving role of emergency departments in the United States /
_cKristy Gonzalez Morganti ... [et al.].
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2013.
300 _axi, 63 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"RAND Health."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 57-63).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Conceptual Model of ED Use -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion.
520 _aThe 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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
700 1 _aMorganti, Kristy Gonzalez.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aBauhoff, Sebastian.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aBlanchard, Janice C.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aAbir, Mahshid.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aIyer, Neema.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aSmith, Alexandria C.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aVesely, Joseph V.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aOkeke, Edward N.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aKellermann, Arthur L.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aRAND Health.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 2 _aAmerican College of Emergency Physicians.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR280.html
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