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The evolving role of emergency departments in the United States / Kristy Gonzalez Morganti [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 63 pages : color illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0833080792
  • 0833080806
  • 0833080814
  • 0833080822
  • 9780833080790
  • 9780833080806
  • 9780833080813
  • 9780833080820
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Evolving role of emergency departments in the United States.; Print version:: Evolving role of emergency departments in the United States.DDC classification:
  • 362.18
LOC classification:
  • RA975.5.E5 M67 2013
NLM classification:
  • WX 215
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Conceptual Model of ED Use -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion.
Abstract: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-63).

Introduction -- Conceptual Model of ED Use -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Santa Monica, CA : RAND. Available via World Wide Web. CStmoR

English.

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