The junkyard dogs find their teeth: Addressing the crisis of admitted patients in Canadian emergency departments

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 388-391

  Abu Laban, Riyad B ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admitted patients; Emergency department overcrowding; Emergency department throughput; Full capacity protocol; Hospital overcrowding; Overcapacity protocol

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CROWDING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751083312     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014160     Document Type: Editorial

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