Workload and casemix in Cape Town emergency departments

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 12 I, 2007, Pages 1276-1280

  Wallis, Lee A ^a,b   Twomey, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIAGE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38549112319     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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