Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 702-710 , December 2006

Ambulance Diversion and Lost Hospital Revenues

Received 30 August 2005 ,Revised 27 February 2006 ,Accepted 1 May 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Brent R. Asplin, MD, MPHAuthor contributions: KJM, CFR, MD, and RAL conceived the study. KJM and CCW conducted analyses of the data for the study. KJM drafted the manuscript, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. KJM takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: This research was supported by funding from the Emergency Medicine Foundation, and the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon.Publication dates: Available online July 11, 2006.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00621-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.05.001

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 702-710 , December 2006

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