Matching capacity to demand: A regional dashboard reduces ambulance avoidance and improves accessibility of receiving hospitals

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1383-1389

  McLeod, Bruce ^a   Zaver, Fareen ^a   Avery, Chris ^b   Martin, Duane P ^d   Wang, Dongmei ^c   Jessen, Kim ^c   Lang, Eddy S ^a,c  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBERTA; AMBULANCES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROWDING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 78650012378     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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