Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 309-316 , April 2006

Effects of Hospital Closures and Hospital Characteristics on Emergency Department Ambulance Diversion, Los Angeles County, 1998 to 2004

Presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, October 2005, Washington, DC; and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program National Meeting, November 2005, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

  • Benjamin C. Sun, MD, MPP

      Affiliations

    • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Benjamin Sun, MD, MPP, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, 911 Broxton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024; 310-794-2268, fax 310-794-3288
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  • Sarita A. Mohanty, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Robert Weiss, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Richard Tadeo, RN

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Maureen Hasbrouck, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • William Koenig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Carol Meyer, MPA

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Steven Asch, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • RAND, Santa Monica, CA

Received 27 July 2005 ,Revised 17 November 2005 ,Accepted 1 December 2005.

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 Supervising editors: Michael L. Schull, MD, MSc; Robert K. Knopp, MDAuthor contributions: BCS, WK, CM, and SA conceived the study. BCS, RT, and MH were responsible for data extraction and management. RW provided statistical advice on study design and analysis. BCS performed the data analysis and drafted the manuscript. All authors contributed substantially to manuscript revisions. BCS takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: This study was supported by the UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(05)01991-8

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.12.003

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 309-316 , April 2006

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