Full capacity protocol: An end to double standards in acute hospital care provision

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 547-549

  Gilligan, Peadar ^a   Quin, G ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; NURSING SHORTAGE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY;

CRITICAL CARE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS;

EID: 79959620567     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.088690     Document Type: Note

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