Physician workload and the Canadian emergency department triage and acuity scale: The predictors of workload in the emergency room (POWER) study

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-329

  Dreyer, Jonathan F ^a   McLeod, Shelley L ^a   Anderson, Chris K ^b,d   Carter, Michael W ^c   Zaric, Gregory S ^d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acuity; Emergency department; Human resources; Remuneration; Staffing; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADIAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKLOAD; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70350724698     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500011350     Document Type: Article

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