Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages 635-642.e1 , December 2008

Changes in the Cost and Management of Emergency Department On-Call Coverage: Evidence From a Longitudinal Statewide Survey

  • K. John McConnell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: K. John McConnell, PhD, Center for Policy & Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Mail Code CR-114, Portland, OR 97239; 503-494-1989, fax 503-494-4640
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  • Craig D. Newgard, MD, MPH
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  • Raymond Lee, MD

Received 21 December 2007 ,Revised 18 January 2008 ,Accepted 30 January 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Author contributions: KJM was involved in the conception and design of the study. KJM and RL acquired data. KJM, CDN, and RL analyzed and interpreted data. KJM drafted the article. RL and CDN critically revised the article for important intellectual content. KJM conducted statistical analysis and supervised the study. RL and CDN provided administrative, technical, and material support. KJM had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. KJM 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. Financial and material support was provided by the Department of Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University.

 Publication dates: Available online April 3, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00430-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.01.338

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages 635-642.e1 , December 2008