Calculus, chaos, and other models of emergency department crowding

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Fields, W Wesley ^a,b  

^a University of California Irvine School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Memorial Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONSUMER; CROWDING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041846700     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.347     Document Type: Article

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