Little's law flow analysis of observation unit impact and sizing

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Lovejoy, William S ^a   Desmond, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LAW; LITTLE LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

CROWDING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 79951664434     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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