Characteristics and outcomes of patients who "did not wait" after attending Perth public hospital emergency departments, 2000-2003

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 626-629

  Hall, Jacqui ^a   Jelinek, George A ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGED; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 39049114227     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01449.x     Document Type: Article

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