Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 805-810.e7 , December 2009

The Changing Profile of Patients Who Used Emergency Department Services in the United States: 1996 to 2005

  • K. Tom Xu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: K. Tom Xu, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, MS 8143, Lubbock, TX 79430-8143; 806-743-6983, fax 806-743-3995
    • ,
  • Brian K. Nelson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
    • ,
  • Steven Berk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

Received 29 October 2008 ,Revised 21 July 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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 Supervising editor: David L. Schriger, MD, MPH

 Author contributions: KTX and SB conceived the study. KTX and BKN performed data analyses. KTX, BKN, and SB contributed to the interpretation of the results and the writing of the article. KTX takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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 Publication date: Available online October 1, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01401-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.08.004

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 805-810.e7 , December 2009

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