Emergency Department Patients Who Stay More Than 6 Hours Contribute to Crowding

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Henneman, Philip L ^a,b   Nathanson, Brian H ^c   Li, Haiping ^a   Smithline, Howard A ^a,b   Blank, Fidela S J ^a,b   Santoro, John P ^a,b   Maynard, Ann M ^a   Provost, Deborah A ^a   Henneman, Elizabeth A ^d  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OptiStatim LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

6 hours; crowding; diversion; length of stay; walk out

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMBULANCE; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AMBULANCES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953614293     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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