Predicting patient arrivals to an accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-244

  Au Yeung, S W M ^a   Harder, U ^a   McCoy, E J ^a   Knottenbelt, W J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONDON; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 64949176732     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.051656     Document Type: Article

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