Emergency department length of stay independently predicts excess inpatient length of stay

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 524-526

  Liew, Don ^a   Liew, Danny ^b   Kennedy, Marcus P ^c  

^a Angliss Hospital   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

EID: 0344152234     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05676.x     Document Type: Article

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