The effects of an accelerated triage and treatment protocol on left without being seen rates and wait times of urgent patients at a military emergency department

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 999-1003

  Levsky, Marc E ^a   Young, Scott E ^b   Masullo, Lawrence N ^a   Miller, Michael A ^c   Herold, Thomas J S ^a  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MILITARY SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; WAIT TIME;

EID: 53849085832     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.10.999     Document Type: Article

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