Pediatric emergency department directors' benchmarking survey: Fiscal year 2001

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-147

  Shaw, Kathy N ^a,d   Ruddy, Richard M ^b   Gorelick, Marc H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ED benchmarking; ED utilization; ED wait times; Emergency department (ED) staffing; Rate of patients who leave without being seen

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; SALARY;

BENCHMARKING; CANADA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038038006     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200306000-00001     Document Type: Article

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