What we can learn from Medicare data on early deaths after emergency department discharge

Sukayna Z Alfaraj^{1

2}, Jesse M Pines¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Healthcare Innovation & Policy Research, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Editorial

Sukayna Z Alfaraj et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;9(7):1752-1755.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.06.44.

Sukayna Z Alfaraj^{1

2}, Jesse M Pines¹

¹ Center for Healthcare Innovation & Policy Research, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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