Maintaining patient throughput on an evolving trauma/emergency surgery service

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 481-488

  FitzPatrick, Mary Kate ^a,c   Reilly, Patrick M ^a   Laborde, Andrea ^b   Braslow, Benjamin ^a   Pryor, John P ^a   Blount, Andrea ^a   Gaskell, Sharon ^a   Boris, Rachel ^a   McMaster, Janet ^a   Ellis, Joanna ^a   Fontenot, Anna ^a   Telford, Georgianna ^a   Schwab, C William ^a   Battistella, Felix D ^c   Cooper, Arthur ^c   Cornwell III, Edward E ^c   Sing, Ronald F ^c   Van De Water, Joseph M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Case management; Denied days; Emergency surgery; Patient flow; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TRAUMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TRAUMA CENTERS; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645546505     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000205861.29400.d9     Document Type: Article

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