Following national guidelines in acute care can improve emergency access and patient flow

Acute Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 114-117

  Ahmed, Syed V ^a   Jayawarna, Chaminda ^a   Atkinson, Deborah ^a   Rippon, Ann ^a  

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Author keywords

Acute medicine; Acute physicians; Emergency department (ED); Foundation trust; Length of stay (LOS); Primary care trust (PCT); Short stay ward

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 78649696289     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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