Don't panic - Prepare: Towards crisis-aware models of emergency department operations

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 320-322

  Ceglowski, Red ^a   Churilov, Leonid ^a   Wassertheil, Jeff ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AWARENESS; BUDGET; CROWDING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MODEL; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PANIC; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 30344445944     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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