Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 561-570.e1 , May 2008

Do Emergency Department Patients With Possible Acute Coronary Syndrome Have Better Outcomes When Admitted to Cardiology Versus Other Services?

Presented as preliminary results at the Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting, May 2003, Washington, DC.

  • David A. Katz, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA
    • Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice, Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: David A. Katz, MD, MSc, Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice, VA Iowa City Health Care System (152), Iowa City, IA 52246-2208; 319-338-0581 ext 7598, fax 319-887-4932
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  • Tom P. Aufderheide, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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  • Mark Bogner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    • ,
  • Peter S. Rahko, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    • ,
  • Stephen L. Hillis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice, Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA
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  • Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Received 23 September 2006 ,Revised 10 May 2007 ,Accepted 17 May 2007.

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 The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 Supervising editor: Judd E. Hollander, MD

 Author contributions: DAK was responsible for study concept and design. DAK, TPA, and MB were responsible for acquisition of the data. DAK and SLH conducted analysis and interpretation of the data. DAK drafted the article. DAK, TPA, MB, PSR, SLH, and HPS were responsible for critical revision of the article for important intellectual content. DAK and SLH were responsible for statistical analysis. DAK and HPS obtained funding. DAK and TPA supervised the study. DAK 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 conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01 HS10466), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program (Dr. Katz), with supplemental support from the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine.

 Reprints not available from the author.

 Publication dates:Available online August 31, 2007.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00613-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.05.016

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 561-570.e1 , May 2008

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