A casemix model for estimating the impact of hospital access block on the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-207

  Stuart, Peter ^a  

^a LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access block; Ambulatory casemix; Emergency hospital services; Hospital funding; Overcrowding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3142547066     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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