Rural Emergency Department Staffing and Participation in Emergency Certification and Training Programs

Date
06/2008
Journal
Journal of Rural Health
Description

This paper describes how rural hospitals nationally are staffing their emergency departments (EDs) and explores the participation of rural ED physicians and other healthcare professionals in selected certification and training programs that teach skills needed to provide high quality emergency care.

Center
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Michelle Casey, Douglas Wholey, Ira Moscovice