Defining emergency department episodes by severity and intensity: A 15-year study of Medicare beneficiaries.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on June 21, 2010

Authors

Brian Kaskie1, Maksym Obrizan, Elizabeth A Cook, Michael P Jones, Li Liu, Suzanne Bentler, Robert B Wallace, John F Geweke, Kara B Wright, Elizabeth A Chrischilles, Claire E Pavlik, Robert L Ohsfeldt, Gary E Rosenthal, Fredric D Wolinsky

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. brian-kaskie@uiowa.edu

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