Waiting and interaction times for patients in a developing country accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 286-290

  Banerjea, K ^a   Carter, Anne O ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; AGED; BARBADOS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BARBADOS; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33645743519     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.024695     Document Type: Article

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