Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , July 2006

Characteristics of Frequent Users of Emergency Departments

  • Kelly A. Hunt, MPP

      Affiliations

    • Research & Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Kelly Hunt, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Route 1 and College Road East, PO Box 2316, Princeton, NJ 08543-2316; 609-627-5994, fax 609-514-7992
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  • Ellen J. Weber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Jonathan A. Showstack, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Policy Studies and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • David C. Colby, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research & Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
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  • Michael L. Callaham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Received 11 October 2005 ,Revised 9 December 2005 ,Accepted 27 December 2005.

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 Supervising editor: Robert K. Knopp, MDAuthor contributions: KAH, EJW, JAS, DCC, and MLC conceived the study, determined the theoretical model, and interpreted the results. EJW, JAS, and KAH designed the analyses. KAH and JAS provided statistical consultation; KAH programmed the data. KAH drafted the manuscript, with contributions from EJW and JAS. All authors contributed substantially to its revision. KAH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.The interpretations and opinions are those of the authors and may not necessarily reflect those of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation or the University of California, San Francisco.Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Disclaimer: Michael Callaham, MD, recused himself from the editorial decision process for this article.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00068-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.12.030

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , July 2006

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