Placing emergency department crowding on the decision agenda

Nursing Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-24

  Bradley, Victoria M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL;

EID: 17044367514     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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