Emergency department operational metrics, measures and definitions: Results of the second performance measures and benchmarking summit

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-40

  Welch, Shari J ^a   Asplin, Brent R ^b   Stone Griffith, Suzanne ^c   Davidson, Steven J ^d   Augustine, James ^e   Schuur, Jeremiah ^f,g  

^a Institute for Health Care Delivery Research   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMP   (United States)

^f WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BENCHMARKING; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959467690     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.08.040     Document Type: Article

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