Articles: emergency-medicine.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of types of research articles published in emergency medicine and non-emergency medicine journals.
As the specialty of emergency medicine (EM) matures, its journals should be publishing research of a quality similar to that which appears in other premier journals. ⋯ Significant differences in types of research published in EM and non-EN journals were identified.
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No specialty better personifies the changes occurring throughout the health care delivery system than emergency medicine. It was just a short 25 years ago that the specialty of emergency medicine, as it is known today, emerged. ⋯ To develop a vision for the future of the specialty, it is important to first evaluate the current trends in health care and their influences on the specialty. Three significant areas stand out in the current health care landscape: consolidation of hospital systems, emergence of publicly traded physician practice management companies, and the increasing penetration of managed care.
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In the 1990s, hospital management and trustees introduced the concept of evaluating physicians for appointment, reappointment, and privilege delineation with the addition of financial criteria. Although emergency physicians are advocates for cost-effective care, they must make certain that credentials are determined by the provision of quality medical care, and that if economic criteria are used, the criteria chosen truly reflect quality of care.