The Left-without-being-seen Rate: An Imperfect Measure of Emergency Department Crowding

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 807-

  Pines, Jesse M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FACE VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN RATE; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745255678     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.02.004     Document Type: Letter

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