The dynamics of patient visits to a public hospital ED: A statistical model

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 596-599

  Rotstein, Zeev ^a   Wilf Miron, Rachel ^a   Lavi, Bruno ^a   Shahar, Amir ^a   Gabbay, Uri ^a   Noy, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Patient visits; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030755106     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90166-2     Document Type: Article

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