Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 629-632, June 2001

Appropriate standards for “appropriateness” research

Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department of Emergency Medicine Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Philadelphia, PA Department of Emergency Medicine University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Philadelphia, PA

Abstract 

[Lowe RA, Abbuhl SB. Appropriate standards for “appropriateness” research. Ann Emerg Med. June 2001;37:629-632.]

 

 Reprints not available from the authors. Address for correspondence: Robert A. Lowe, MD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 914 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA,19104-6021; 215-898-0845, fax 215-573-2265; E-mail rlowe@cceb.med.upenn.edu. Address for correspondence after July 1, 2001: Robert A. Lowe, MD, MPH, Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Emergency Medicine,UHN-52, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201-3098;,503-494-7500, fax 503-494-4997; E-mail lowero@ohsu.edu.

PII: S0196-0644(01)62277-7

doi:10.1067/mem.2001.115216

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 629-632, June 2001