Correction (DOI:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.01.017);Measuring and Forecasting Emergency Department Crowding in Real Time

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 747-755

  Hoot, Nathan R ^a   Zhou, Chuan ^a   Jones, Ian ^a   Aronsky, Dominik ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OCCUPATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34248545794     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.09.019     Document Type: Erratum

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