Impact of an Express Admit Unit on Emergency Department Length of Stay

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 669-673

  Buckley, Byron J ^a   Castillo, Edward M ^a   Killeen, James P ^a   Guss, David A ^a   Chan, Theodore C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; express admit unit; patient flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAITING ROOM;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS;

EID: 78049316342     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.11.022     Document Type: Article

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