The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Paramedic Ambulance Availability

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-105

  Eckstein, Marc ^a,b,c   Chan, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Fire Department   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EID: 0347989582     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00747-9     Document Type: Article

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