Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 593-599, October 2009

Emergency Department Charges for Evaluating Minimally Injured Alcohol-Impaired Drivers

Presented at the SAEM National Conference, May 2007, Washington, DC.

  • Michael H. Lee, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community Health, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Michael H. Lee, MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, 593 Eddy St, Claverick 274, Providence, RI 02906; 401-444-6489, Fax 877-561-6291
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  • Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community Health, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
    • ,
  • Steven Reinert, MS

      Affiliations

    • Lifespan Information Systems, Providence, RI

Received 25 November 2008; received in revised form 3 February 2009, 8 March 2009 and 30 April 2009; accepted 12 May 2009. published online 06 July 2009.

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 Supervising editors: Debra E. Houry, MD, MPH; David L. Schriger, MD, MPH

 Author contributions: MHL and MJM conceived this study. MHL and MJM obtained institutional review board approval for this study. SR supervised data collection and MHL conducted chart review. SR conducted all data analysis and provided statistical and technical advice. MHL drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. MHL 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. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online July 3, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00526-5

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.05.018

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 593-599, October 2009

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