How to organize the emergency department of primary care hospitals in the future? Nyon's regional hospital experience;Quelle organisation pour les services d'urgence des hôpitaux périphériques de demain? L'exemple de l'hôpital de Nyon

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 3, Issue 133, 2007, Pages 2584-2589

  Lovis, Alban ^a   Labbé, Marc André ^a   Bouzas, Gaspar ^a   Fumeaux, Thierry ^a  

^a Groupement Hospitalier de l'Ouest Lemanique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37149011083     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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