Emergency physician empathy does not explain variation in admission rates

Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Apr;37(4):767-768. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.025. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

Authors

Vivek Parwani¹, David Ashkenasi², Craig Rothenberg², Andrew Ulrich², Sharon Chekijian², Marc Shapiro², Edward Melnick², Arjun K Venkatesh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, United States of America. Electronic address: Vivek.parwani@yale.edu.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, United States of America.

PMID: 30220643
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.025

No abstract available

Keywords: Admission rate; Empathy; Provider variation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Empathy*
Female
Humans
Male
Medical Staff, Hospital / psychology
Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data*
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians / psychology*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*