Hospital variation in risk-standardized hospital admission rates from US EDs among adults
Capp R, Ross JS, Fox JP, Wang Y, Desai MM, Venkatesh AK, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in risk-standardized hospital admission rates from US EDs among adults. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2014, 32: 837-843. PMID: 24881514, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.03.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital admission ratesEmergency departmentAdmission ratesClinical characteristicsED visitsHospital factorsClinical factorsAdult ED visitsUS emergency departmentsHospital teaching statusCross-sectional analysisPatient characteristicsHospital admissionHospital variationPatientsTeaching statusHospitalED dataVisitsRepresentative sampleAdultsRural locationsAdmissionFactorsNational variations