Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 150-165, August 2010

Emergency Department Care in the United States: A Profile of National Data Sources

  • Pamela L. Owens, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
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  • Marguerite L. Barrett, MS

      Affiliations

    • ML Barrett Inc., Del Mar, CA
    • ,
  • Teresa B. Gibson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Thomson Reuters, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Roxanne M. Andrews, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
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  • Robin M. Weinick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • RAND, Arlington, VA
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  • Ryan L. Mutter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Ryan Mutter, PhD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Rd, Rockville, MD 20850; 301-427-1415, fax 301-427-1430

Received 13 July 2009; received in revised form 6 November 2009; accepted 20 November 2009. published online 15 January 2010.

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 The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the US Department of Health and Human Services.

 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

 Author contributions: PLO, RMW, and RMA conceived and designed the study. MLB and TBG implemented the study design under the direction of PLO and RLM. MLB, TBG, PLO, and RLM designed the analytic plan and analyzed the data. PLO, MLB, TBG, and RLM drafted the manuscript, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. RLM and PLO take responsibility for the paper.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. The work on which this article is based was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under contract number (HHSA-290-2006-00009-C).

 Publication date: Available online January 15, 2010.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Please see page 151 for the the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01796-X

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.11.022

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 150-165, August 2010

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