Nighttime assaults: using a national emergency department monitoring system to predict occurrence, target prevention and plan services

• Main Authors: Bellis Mark A (Author), Leckenby Nicola (Author), Hughes Karen (Author), Luke Chris (Author), Wyke Sacha (Author), Quigg Zara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Emergency department (ED) data have the potential to provide critical intelligence on when violence is most likely to occur and the characteristics of those who suffer the greatest health impacts. We use a national experimental ED mo...