Advanced Statistics: Developing a Formal Model of Emergency Department Census and Defining Operational Efficiency

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 799-809

  Flottemesch, Thomas J ^a   Gordon, Bradley D ^a   Jones, Spencer S ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ED crowding; ED efficiency; hospital operations; overcrowding; patient surge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CENSUSES; CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547986719     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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