Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 34-41 , July 2010

The Recidivism Characteristics of an Emergency Department Observation Unit

  • Michael A. Ross, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Michael A. Ross, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 531 Asbury Circle-Annex, Ste N340, Atlanta, GA 30322; 404-778-2643, fax 404-778-2630
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  • Robin R. Hemphill, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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  • Jerome Abramson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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  • Kim Schwab, PA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Carol Clark, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

Received 9 October 2009 ,Revised 28 January 2010 ,Accepted 9 February 2010.

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 Please see page 35 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Author contributions: MAR and KS conceived and designed the study and were involved in data collection and validation. CC obtained institutional review board approval. MAR, RRH, JA, KS, and CC were involved in data analysis and article preparation. All authors were involved in final article revisions. MR 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 March 29, 2010.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(10)00146-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.02.012

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 34-41 , July 2010

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