Factors associated with walkout of patients from New South Wales hospital emergency departments, Australia

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 434-442

  Mohsin, Mohammed ^a   Young, Lis ^b   Ieraci, Sue ^c   Bauman, Adrian E ^c  

^a Division of Population Health   (Australia)

^b Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Patient volume; Triage category; Walkout

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH;

EID: 28444495402     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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