Transfers to a Public Hospital

J. Douglas White; John Barrett; Olga Jonasson; Jerrold B. Leikin; Kenneth S. Polin; Robert L. Schiff; David A. Ansell; James E. Schlosser; Ann Morrison; Ahamed H. Idris; Steven Whitman

doi:10.1056/NEJM198611273152219

Transfers to a Public Hospital

J. Douglas White, John Barrett, Olga Jonasson, Jerrold B. Leikin, Kenneth S. Polin, Robert L. Schiff, David A. Ansell, James E. Schlosser, Ann Morrison, Ahamed H. Idris, Steven Whitman

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To the Editor: The article “Transfers to a Public Hospital” in the February 27 issue* is a unique and potentially very important contribution to the literature; however, the absence of discussion of several essential methodologic and data details prevents adequate assessment of this study. The difference between transferred patients and those who are not transferred may represent differences in the criteria for admission to a public hospital or an inappropriate comparison between emergency patients (i.e., transferred patients) and all those admitted to a medical service, including those admitted electively and for diagnostic purposes. A more meaningful comparison would be that…

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1421-1422
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	315
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198611273152219
State	Published - Nov 27 1986

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