The Impact of Input and Output Factors on Emergency Department Throughput

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Asaro, Phillip V ^a   Lewis, Lawrence M ^a   Boxerman, Stuart B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bed occupancy; crowding; hospital emergency services; patient care; regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MISSOURI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33847058370     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.10.104     Document Type: Article

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