What's in a wait?. Contrasting management science and economic perspectives on waiting for emergency care

Health Policy

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-217

  Morton, Alec ^a   Bevan, Gwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Queueing; Waiting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; STATE MEDICINE; SYSTEMS THEORY; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 37349078647     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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