The overcrowded emergency department: A comparison of staff perceptions

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1059-1064

  Reeder, Timothy J ^a   Burleson, Deeanna L ^b   Garrison, Herbert G ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department demand; Overcrowding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0141636532     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00347-6     Document Type: Article

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