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Emergency Medical Dispatch Codes Association with Emergency Department Outcomes

A. Zachary HettingerFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center/MedStar (AZH), Washington, DC; the National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare (AZH), Washington, DC; the Georgetown University School of Medicine (AZH), Washington, DC; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Prehospital Medicine (JTC, MNS), the Department of Public Health Sciences (MNS, KN), and the Department of Medicine, Division of Aging/Geriatrics (MNS), University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, New York.Correspondence[email protected]
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Jeremy T. CushmanFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center/MedStar (AZH), Washington, DC; the National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare (AZH), Washington, DC; the Georgetown University School of Medicine (AZH), Washington, DC; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Prehospital Medicine (JTC, MNS), the Department of Public Health Sciences (MNS, KN), and the Department of Medicine, Division of Aging/Geriatrics (MNS), University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
, MD, MS,
Manish N. ShahFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center/MedStar (AZH), Washington, DC; the National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare (AZH), Washington, DC; the Georgetown University School of Medicine (AZH), Washington, DC; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Prehospital Medicine (JTC, MNS), the Department of Public Health Sciences (MNS, KN), and the Department of Medicine, Division of Aging/Geriatrics (MNS), University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
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Katia NoyesFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center/MedStar (AZH), Washington, DC; the National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare (AZH), Washington, DC; the Georgetown University School of Medicine (AZH), Washington, DC; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Prehospital Medicine (JTC, MNS), the Department of Public Health Sciences (MNS, KN), and the Department of Medicine, Division of Aging/Geriatrics (MNS), University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
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Pages 29-37 | Received 19 Apr 2011, Accepted 12 Jun 2012, Published online: 09 Nov 2012

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