Patients who leave emergency departments without being seen by a physician: magnitude of the problem in Los Angeles County.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on February 01, 1994

Authors

L M Stock1, G E Bradley, R J Lewis, D W Baker, J Sipsey, C D Stevens

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance.

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