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Community-wide emergency department visits by patients suspected of drug-seeking behaviorA D Zechnich
Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA
Acad Emerg Med 3:312-7. 1996..To measure community-wide ED use by patients at high risk for drug-seeking behavior...- Elimination of over-the-counter medication coverage in the Oregon Medicaid population: the impact on program costs and drug useA D Zechnich
Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA
Med Care 36:1283-94. 1998..Considering that physicians might substitute more expensive prescription-only products for eliminated OTC therapy, this investigation evaluates the policy's impact on medication costs... - Impact of a statewide trauma system on rural emergency department patient assessment documentation. OHSU Rural Trauma Research GroupJ R Hedges
Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland 97201, USA
Acad Emerg Med 4:268-76. 1997..To determine the association of rural ED patient assessment documentation with state trauma system implementation, hospital trauma categorization level (i.e., Level-3 vs Level-4), injury diagnosis, and patient demographics... - Rural hospital transfer patterns before and after implementation of a statewide trauma system. OHSU Rural Trauma Research GroupN C Mann
Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland 97201, USA
Acad Emerg Med 4:764-71. 1997..To evaluate trauma transfer practices in rural Oregon before and after implementation of a statewide trauma system... - Adequacy of hospital discharge status as a measure of outcome among injured patientsR J Mullins
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA
JAMA 279:1727-31. 1998..Crude mortality rates at the time of hospital discharge are commonly used to assess the quality of care provided to patients hospitalized following trauma... - Oregon emergency physicians' experiences with, attitudes toward, and concerns about physician-assisted suicideT A Schmidt
Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland 97201 3098, USA
Acad Emerg Med 3:938-45. 1996.... - Trauma system impact on admission site: a comparison of two statesN C Mann
Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland 97201 3098, USA
J Trauma 46:631-7. 1999..To introduce a measure assessing statewide hospital admission patterns for trauma and evaluate its utility in identifying significant admission redistributions in neighboring states as a function of trauma system implementation... - Oregon emergency medical technicians' attitudes toward physician-assisted suicideT A Schmidt
Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA
Acad Emerg Med 5:912-8. 1998..To determine Oregon intermediate and advanced emergency medical technicians' (EMTs') attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and factors associated with those attitudes... - Mortality among seriously injured patients treated in remote rural trauma centers before and after implementation of a statewide trauma systemN Clay Mann
Department of Emergency Medicine, Univeristy of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84108 9161, USA
Med Care 39:643-53. 2001..Injury mortality in rural regions remains high with little evidence that trauma system implementation has benefited rural populations... - A randomized controlled trial to assess decay in acquired knowledge among paramedics completing a pediatric resuscitation courseE Su
Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland 97201 3098, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:779-86. 2000..Critical pediatric illness or injury occurs infrequently in out-of-hospital settings, making it difficult for paramedics to maintain physical assessment, treatment, and procedure skills...