CrowdED: Crowding metrics and data visualization in the emergency department

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Greci, Laura S ^a,b   Parshalle, Christina E ^b   Calvitti, Alan ^a   Renvall, Marian J ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

crowding; data visualization; emergency medicine; health care evaluation mechanism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; BED OCCUPANCY; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79952204082     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181e8b0e9     Document Type: Article

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