Ignoring the front door: U.S. hospital operations circa 2009

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 665-667

  Asplin, Brent R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650255363     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00453.x     Document Type: Note

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