Does reduced length of stay decrease the number of emergency department patients who leave without seeing a physician?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-399

  Fernandes, Christopher M B ^a   Price, Ann ^a   Christenson, James M ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administration; Continuous quality improvement; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030838069     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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