Access block: It's all about available beds

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 362-363

  Fatovich, Daniel M ^a   Hughes, Geoff ^b   McCarthy, Sally M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Australasian College for Emergency Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

EID: 65249103267     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02448.x     Document Type: Note

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