Wide Variability in Emergency Physician Admission Rates: A Target to Reduce Costs Without Compromising Quality

Wide Variability in Emergency Physician Admission Rates: A Target to Reduce Costs Without Compromising Quality

Introduction: Attending physician judgment is the traditional standard of care for emergency department (ED) admission decisions. The extent to which variability in admission decisions affect cost and quality is not well understood. We sought to determine the impact of variability in admission decis...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey J. Guterman, Scott R. Lundberg, Geoffrey P. Scheib, Sandra G. Gross-Schulman, Mark J. Richman, Chien-Ju Wang, David A. Talan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-09-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Physician Admission Rates
ED quality of care
Medicaid
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/24g8g0gn

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