The evolving role of emergency departments in the United States / / Kristy Gonzalez Morganti [and eight others].

• Superior document: Research report
• Author: Rand Corporation.; Morganti, Kristy Gonzalez,
• VerfasserIn: Morganti, Kristy Gonzalez.
• TeilnehmendeR: Morganti, Kristy Gonzalez,; Rand Corporation.; Emergency Medicine Action Fund.
• Place / Publishing House: Santa Monica, CA : : RAND Health,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Research report (Rand Corporation)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 63, 43 pages) :; illustrations (some color).
• Notes: "RAND Health."; "Sponsored by the Emergency Medicine Action Fund."

This report explores the evolving role that hospital emergency departments play in the U.S. health care system. EDs evaluate and manage complex and high-acuity patients, are the major point of entry to inpatient care, and serve as ""the safety net of the safety net"" for patients...