Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 272-278 , August 2009

Referral Without Access: For Psychiatric Services, Wait for the Beep

  • Karin V. Rhodes, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, and the School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Karin V. Rhodes, MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, and the School of Social Policy and Practice, 3815 Walnut, Rm 201, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-421-1036, Fax 215-573-2791
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  • Teri L. Vieth, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Kern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakersfield, CA
    • ,
  • Hallie Kushner, MA

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago Medical Center, Department of Human Development, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Helen Levy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • Brent R. Asplin, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Regions Hospital and HealthPartners Research Foundation, St. Paul, MN

Received 5 November 2007 ,Revised 7 August 2008 ,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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 Author contributions: KVR conceived of the study. KVR and BRA developed the details of the research design identified funding for the proposal. HL and TLV analyzed the data, and KVR and BRA helped interpret the results. KVR and HK drafted the article, and all authors significantly contributed to its revision. KVR 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. The data collection for this study were collected for a previous study17 conducted for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Dr. Rhodes is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, K23 MH64572. Dr. Asplin is supported by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant K08-HS13007.

 Publication date: Available online October 31, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01660-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.08.023

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 272-278 , August 2009

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