Ways to reduce patient turnaround time and improve service quality in emergency departments

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-105

  Sinreich, David ^a   Marmor, Yariv ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Customer services quality; Emergency services; Emergency treatment; Hospitals; Patient care; Turnarounds

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 20544473435     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260510600022     Document Type: Article

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