Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 510-515 , May 1999

Increasing Compliance With the Residency Review Committee Requirements for Follow-up in Academic Emergency Departments

Presented at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 1996.

Received 12 May 1998 ,Revised 2 December 1998 ,Accepted 18 December 1998.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 510-515 , May 1999