Interventions to solve overcrowding in hospital emergency services: A systematic review;Intervenções para solucionar a superlotação nos serviços de emergência hospitalar: Uma revisão sistemática

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1439-1454

  Bittencourt, Roberto José ^a   Hortale, Virginia Alonso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hospital administration; Hospital emergency service; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449088049     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2009000700002     Document Type: Article

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