Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 580-586, June 2001

Appropriateness of emergency department visits in a Portuguese University hospital☆☆☆

Presented in part at the European Federation of Internal Medicine Second Congress, Florence, Italy, May 1999.

Received 3 May 1999; received in revised form 20 December 1999, 21 August 2000 and 18 December 2000; accepted 8 January 2001.

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    • ☆ Supported by grant No. 172/97 from the Comissão de Fomento da Investigação em Cuidados de Saúde.

    ☆☆ Address for reprints: António Oliveira e Silva, MD, Serviço de Medicina 2—Hospital de São João, Alameda Hernâni Monteiro, 4200, Porto, Portugal; 351-2-5025512, fax 351-2-5025512; E-mail aosilva@mail.telepac.pt .

    PII: S0196-0644(01)23769-X

    doi:10.1067/mem.2001.114306

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