Overcrowding in the nation's emergency departments: Complex causes and disturbing effects

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-68

  Derlet, Robert W ^a   Richards, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033845904     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(00)70105-3     Document Type: Article

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