Waiting for urgent procedures on the weekend among emergently hospitalized patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-181

  Bell, Chaim M ^a,b,d   Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Dept Med Clin Epidemiol U S ^*  (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DUODENOSCOPY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; EMERGENCY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DUODENOSCOPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; EMERGENCIES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 3843081624     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.02.047     Document Type: Article

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