Stephen R Pitts

Summary

Affiliation: Emory University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi National trends in emergency department occupancy, 2001 to 2008: effect of inpatient admissions versus emergency department practice intensity
    Stephen R Pitts
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 60:679-686.e3. 2012
  2. ncbi Where Americans get acute care: increasingly, it's not at their doctor's office
    Stephen R Pitts
    Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1620-9. 2010
  3. ncbi Evidence-based emergency medicine/systematic review abstract. Use of the neuraminidase inhibitor class of antiviral drugs for treatment of healthy adults with an acute influenza-like illness
    Stephen R Pitts
    Department of Emergency Medicine Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 39:552-4. 2002
  4. ncbi Severely increased blood pressure in the emergency department
    Philip H Shayne
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 41:513-29. 2003
  5. ncbi Measuring value for low-acuity care across settings
    Sofie Rahman Morgan
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
    Am J Manag Care 18:e356-63. 2012
  6. ncbi Variations in the quality of care of patients with acute myocardial infarction among Swiss university hospitals
    Jean Christophe Luthi
    Georgia Medical Care Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Int J Qual Health Care 17:229-34. 2005

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi National trends in emergency department occupancy, 2001 to 2008: effect of inpatient admissions versus emergency department practice intensity
    Stephen R Pitts
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 60:679-686.e3. 2012
    ..We evaluate recent trends in emergency department (ED) crowding and its potential causes by analyzing ED occupancy, a proxy measure for ED crowding...
  2. ncbi Where Americans get acute care: increasingly, it's not at their doctor's office
    Stephen R Pitts
    Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1620-9. 2010
    ..The challenge for reform will be to succeed in the current, complex acute care landscape...
  3. ncbi Evidence-based emergency medicine/systematic review abstract. Use of the neuraminidase inhibitor class of antiviral drugs for treatment of healthy adults with an acute influenza-like illness
    Stephen R Pitts
    Department of Emergency Medicine Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 39:552-4. 2002
  4. ncbi Severely increased blood pressure in the emergency department
    Philip H Shayne
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 41:513-29. 2003
    ..In this article, we examine the broad spectrum of disease, from the asymptomatic to critically ill patient, and the dilemma it creates for the emergency physician in deciding how and when in the process to intervene...
  5. ncbi Measuring value for low-acuity care across settings
    Sofie Rahman Morgan
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
    Am J Manag Care 18:e356-63. 2012
    ..Aligning value among groups could allow stakeholders to influence each other and could guide rational change in the delivery of acute medical care for low-acuity conditions...
  6. ncbi Variations in the quality of care of patients with acute myocardial infarction among Swiss university hospitals
    Jean Christophe Luthi
    Georgia Medical Care Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Int J Qual Health Care 17:229-34. 2005
    ..The objective of our study was to assess hospital variations in the quality of care delivered to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients among three Swiss academic medical centres...