Which patients spend more than 4 hours in the Accident and Emergency department?

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-176

  Downing, Amy ^a   Wilson, R C ^b   Cooke, M W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b South Birmingham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 hour target; Accident and Emergency; Attendance characteristics; Patients; Total time

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3543122356     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdh141     Document Type: Article

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