Assessing the impact of streaming in a regional emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-227

  Kinsman, Leigh ^a   Champion, Robert ^e   Lee, Geraldine ^e   Martin, Mary ^e   Masman, Kevin ^b   May, Elizabeth ^c   Mills, Terry ^e   Taylor, Michael D ^d   Thomas, Paulett ^d   Williams, Ruth J ^f   Zalstein, Salomon ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Collaborative Health Education and Research Centre ^*  (Australia)

^c Performance Reporting Unit   (Australia)

^d Monash University and Bendigo Health Care Group   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Evaluation study; Hospital; Multiple linear regression; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 44849097448     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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