What is a Freestanding Emergency Department? Definitions Differ Across Major United States Data Sources
Introduction: Despite the growing number of freestanding emergency departments (FSED) in the United States (US), FSED definitions differ across major US data sources of healthcare facilities and use. We compare these sources and propose a universal definition of FSED (and its two major types) to imp...
Main Authors: | Darya M. Herscovici, Krislyn M. Boggs, Ashley F. Sullivan, Carlos A. Camargo Jr. |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-04-01
|
Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/37z00532 |
Similar Items
-
Comparing definitions of a pediatric emergency department
by: Margaret E. Samuels‐Kalow, et al.
Published: (2021-06-01) -
Characterizing New England Emergency Departments by Telemedicine Use
by: Kori S. Zachrison, et al.
Published: (2017-09-01) -
Consolidating Emergency Department-specific Data to Enable Linkage with Large Administrative Datasets
by: Krislyn M. Boggs, et al.
Published: (2020-09-01) -
An inventory of stroke centers in the United States
by: Krislyn M. Boggs, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01) -
Evaluation of the American Hospital Association Annual Survey for health services research in emergency medicine
by: Krislyn M. Boggs, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01)