A Pilot Study Examining Undesirable Events Among Emergency Department-Boarded Patients Awaiting Inpatient Beds

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-385

  Liu, Shan W ^a,b   Thomas, Stephen H ^a,b   Gordon, James A ^a,b   Hamedani, Azita G ^c   Weissman, Joel S ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHARLSON SCORE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649086880     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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