Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5, January 2008

Emergency Department Crowding Is Associated With Poor Care for Patients With Severe Pain

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine National Assembly, May 2007, Chicago, IL.

  • Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, 3400 Spruce Street, Ground Ravdin, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-662-4050, fax 215-662-3953
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  • Judd E. Hollander, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Received 24 April 2007; received in revised form 31 May 2007 and 21 June 2007; accepted 5 July 2007. published online 03 October 2007.

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 Supervising editors: Debra E. Houry, MD, MPH; Michael L. Callaham, MD.

 Author contributions: JMP was responsible for data collection and article preparation. JMP and JEH were responsible for study design, data analysis, and final article preparation. JEH was responsible for study supervision. JMP had full access to the data in this study and was responsible for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. 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 may create any potential conflict 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 2006-7 Riggs Family/Health Policy Grant from the American College of Emergency Physicians.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Publication dates: Available online October 25, 2007.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01297-8

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.07.008

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  • Pines JM, Hollander JE Emergency Department Crowding is Associated with Poor Care for Patients with Severe Pain

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5, January 2008

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