| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 63 pages : color illustrations) |
| Note |
"RAND Health." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-63). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Conceptual Model of ED Use -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Santa Monica, CA : RAND. Available via World Wide Web. CStmoR |
| Subject |
Hospitals -- Emergency services -- United States.
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Emergency medicine -- United States.
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Emergency medical services -- United States.
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Emergency Service, Hospital -- trends.
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Emergency Service, Hospital -- economics.
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United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Emergency medical services. (OCoLC)fst00908554
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Emergency medicine. (OCoLC)fst00908615
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Hospitals -- Emergency services.
(OCoLC)fst01430488
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Abir, Mahshid.
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Bauhoff, Sebastian.
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Blanchard, Janice C.
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Iyer, Neema.
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Kellermann, Arthur L.
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Morganti, Kristy Gonzalez.
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Okeke, Edward N.
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Smith, Alexandria C.
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Vesely, Joseph V.
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American College of Emergency Physicians.
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Rand Corporation.
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RAND Health.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Morganti, Kristy Gonzalez. Evolving role of emergency departments in the United States. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, [2013] 9780833080806 (DLC) 2013020043 |
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Print version: Evolving role of emergency departments in the United States. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013 9780833080790 0833080792 (DLC) 2013019792 |
| ISBN |
0833080792 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833080790 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833080820 (electronic bk.) |
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0833080822 (electronic bk.) |
| Report No. |
RAND/RR-280-ACEP |
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