Ill, Itinerant, and Insured: The Top 20 Users of Emergency Departments in Baltimore City

The purpose of this study was to document the clinical and demographic characteristics of the 20 most frequent users of emergency departments (EDs) in one urban area. We reviewed administrative records from three EDs and two agencies providing services to homeless people in Baltimore City. The top 2...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barbara Y. DiPietro, Dana Kindermann, Stephen M. Schenkel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/726568