Markers of overcrowding in a pediatric emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-156

  Stang, Antonia S ^a,c   McGillivray, David ^a   Bhatt, Maala ^a   Colacone, Antoinette ^b   Soucy, Nathalie ^b   Léger, Ruth ^b   Afilalo, Marc ^b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Overcrowding; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD CARE; CROWDING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY DELAY;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSFER; PATIENTS; PEDIATRICS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TRIAGE;

EID: 76049101252     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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