Emergency Department Crowding, Part 2-Barriers to Reform and Strategies to Overcome Them

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 612-617

  Moskop, John C ^a   Sklar, David P ^b   Geiderman, Joel M ^c   Schears, Raquel M ^d   Bookman, Kelly J ^e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MORALITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BED OCCUPANCY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; MORALS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PUBLIC POLICY; TRIAGE;

EID: 64849087984     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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