The role of triage liaison physicians on mitigating overcrowding in emergency departments: A systematic review

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-120

  Rowe, Brian H ^a   Guo, Xiaoyan ^a   Villa Roel, Cristina ^a   Schull, Michael ^b   Holroyd, Brian ^a   Bullard, Michael ^a   Vandermeer, Benjamin ^a   Ospina, Maria ^a,c   Innes, Grant ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CROWDING; EMBASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CROWDING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 79951665779     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00984.x     Document Type: Review

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