Development of an emergency department work score to predict ambulance diversion

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-426

  Epstein, Stephen K ^a,b   Tian, Lu ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance diversion; Crowding; Emergency services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AMBULANCES; BED OCCUPANCY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645289949     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.11.081     Document Type: Article

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