Chest Pain Patients at Veterans Hospitals Are Increasingly More Likely to Be Observed Than Admitted for Short Stays

• Main Authors: Brad Wright PhD (Author), Amy M. J. O'Shea PhD (Author), Justin M. Glasgow MD, PhD (Author), Padmaja Ayyagari PhD (Author), Mary Vaughan Sarrazin PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Observation stays are an outpatient service used to diagnose and treat patients for extended periods of time while a decision is made regarding inpatient admission or discharge. Although the use of observation stays is increasing, little is known about which patients are observed and which are admit...