Ambulance diversion is not associated with low acuity patients attending Perth metropolitan emergency departments

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-15

  Sprivulis, Peter ^a,b,c   Grainger, Stephen ^b   Nagree, Yusuf ^b  

^a Department of Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulance diversion; Casemix; Emergency department; Low acuity patients; Overcrowding

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 13544267585     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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