Survey of directors of emergency departments in California on overcrowding

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 385-388

  Richards, John R ^a   Navarro, Misty L ^b   Derlet, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONSULTATION; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL BED; LABORATORY TEST; NURSING; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CALIFORNIA; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034080309     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.172.6.385     Document Type: Article

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