Development of a minimization instrument for allocation of a hospital-level performance improvement intervention to reduce waiting times in Ontario emergency departments

Implementation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Leaver, Chad Andrew ^a   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,b   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a,b,c   Rowe, Brian H ^d   Anderson, Geoff ^a,b   Stukel, Therese ^a,b   Golden, Brian ^b,e   Bell, Robert ^f   Morra, Dante ^f,g   Abrams, Howard ^g,h   Schull, Michael J ^a,b,c,g  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 67650899530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-32     Document Type: Article

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