National trends in emergency department closures, mergers, and utilization, 2005-2015

Arjun K. Venkatesh; Alexander Janke; Craig Rothenberg; Edwin Chan; Robert D. Becher

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0251729

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National trends in emergency department closures, mergers, and utilization, 2005-2015

Arjun K. Venkatesh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Arjun K. Venkatesh, Alexander Janke, Craig Rothenberg, Edwin Chan, Robert D. Becher

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: arjun.venkatesh@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Alexander Janke ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Arjun K. Venkatesh, Alexander Janke, Craig Rothenberg, Edwin Chan, Robert D. Becher

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Craig Rothenberg ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Arjun K. Venkatesh, Alexander Janke, Craig Rothenberg, Edwin Chan, Robert D. Becher

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-600X

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Edwin Chan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Arjun K. Venkatesh, Alexander Janke, Craig Rothenberg, Edwin Chan, Robert D. Becher

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Robert D. Becher

Contributed equally to this work with: Arjun K. Venkatesh, Alexander Janke, Craig Rothenberg, Edwin Chan, Robert D. Becher

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Section of General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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National trends in emergency department closures, mergers, and utilization, 2005-2015

Arjun K. Venkatesh,
Alexander Janke,
Craig Rothenberg,
Edwin Chan,
Robert D. Becher

Published: May 20, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251729

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