Increased health care costs associated with ED overcrowding

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 265-266

  Krochmal, Paul ^a   Riley, Tamrah A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; length of stay; overcrowding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONNECTICUT; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0028217303     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-6757(94)90135-X     Document Type: Article

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