Adding More Beds to the Emergency Department or Reducing Admitted Patient Boarding Times: Which Has a More Significant Influence on Emergency Department Congestion?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Khare, Rahul K ^a,b   Powell, Emilie S ^a   Reinhardt, Gilles ^c   Lucenti, Martin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 64549113096     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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