The crowding-effectiveness link: It doesn't matter how fast we deliver care if we don't deliver it right

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-202

  Pines, Jesse M ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROWDING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BED OCCUPANCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952042741     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.12.005     Document Type: Editorial

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