Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 16.e1-16.e8, July 2006

Frequent Users of Massachusetts Emergency Departments: A Statewide Analysis

Presented at the AcademyHealth annual research meeting June 2005, Boston, MA.

  • Kathleen Kerwin Fuda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Fuda is currently affiliated with the Boston University Health Policy Institute, Boston, MA. Ms. Immekus is currently affiliated with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Kathleen Kerwin Fuda, PhD, Program for Managing Variability in Health Care Delivery, Boston University Health Policy Institute, 53 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-8900, fax 617-353-6393
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  • Rachel Immekus, MPH, MS

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Fuda is currently affiliated with the Boston University Health Policy Institute, Boston, MA. Ms. Immekus is currently affiliated with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD.

Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, Boston, MA.

Received 15 August 2005; received in revised form 12 January 2006; accepted 22 February 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Brent R. Asplin, MD, MPHAuthor contributions: KKF conceived the study and designed and supervised the analyses. RI provided statistical advice on the study design, obtained the datasets, and performed the analyses. KKF and RI drafted the manuscript, and both contributed substantially to its revision. KKF takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00317-9

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.001

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