Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 715-723.e1 , June 2009

The Safety of Emergency Care Systems: Results of a Survey of Clinicians in 65 US Emergency Departments

  • David J. Magid, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado and the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: David J. Magid, MD, MPH, Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, PO Box 378066, Denver, CO 80237; 303-614-1212, fax 303-614-1285
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  • Ashley F. Sullivan, MS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Paul D. Cleary, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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  • Sowmya R. Rao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • James A. Gordon, MD, MPA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York–Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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  • Edward Guadagnoli, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Carlos A. Camargo Jr, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • David Blumenthal, MD, MPP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Received 24 June 2008 ,Revised 30 September 2008 ,Accepted 6 October 2008.

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 Publication date: Available online December 3, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01863-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.007

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 715-723.e1 , June 2009

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