Emergency medicine provider efficiency: The learning curve, equilibration and point of diminishing returns

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 916-920

  Vukmir, Rade B ^a   Howell, Randy N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Apollo Information Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

EFFICIENCY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FLORIDA; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; LEARNING CURVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78649850928     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.079194     Document Type: Article

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