Relative effects of external and internal factors on emergency department efficiency;Estimación del efecto relativo que ejercen los determinantes externos e internos sobre la eficacia de un servicio de urgencias de medicina

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 294-296

  Miró, Òscar ^a   Sánchez, Miquel ^a   Coll Vinent, Blanca ^a   Millá, José ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Efficiency; Emergency department; Overowding; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; TIME;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034675116     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71538-7     Document Type: Article

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