Relationship between the National ED Overcrowding Scale and the number of patients who leave without being seen in an academic ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 288-294

  Weiss, Steven J ^a   Ernst, Amy A ^a   Derlet, Robert ^b   King, Richard ^b   Bair, Aaron ^b   Nick, Todd G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 19544390352     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.02.034     Document Type: Article

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