Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 9-12.e3 , January 2008

Emergency Department Patient Preferences for Boarding Locations When Hospitals Are at Full Capacity

Received 6 February 2007 ,Revised 23 February 2007 ,Accepted 13 March 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Author contributions: CD, JEH, KVR, FSS, and JMP were responsible for study design. CD and JMP conducted data collection and were involved in article preparation. FSS and JMP were responsible for data cleaning. CD conducted data entry. JEH, KVR, and WGB conducted data analysis. FSS conducted statistical review. JEH and WGB were responsible for study supervision. JEH, KVR, FSS, WGB, and JMP were responsible for final article preparation. JMP takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 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 confict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, is supported by the Riggs Family Health Policy Grant from the American College of Emergency Physicians.

 Publication dates: Available online May 9, 2007.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00377-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.016

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 9-12.e3 , January 2008

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