Editorial: Emergency demand access block and patient safety: A call for national leadership: Editorial

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 435-439

  Lowthian, Judy A ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; BED OCCUPANCY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 71049147132     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01226.x     Document Type: Editorial

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