Characteristics of Patients Who Leave the ED Triage Area Without Being Seen By a Doctor: A Descriptive Study in an Urban Level II Italian University Hospital

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-340

  Bambi, Stefano ^a   Scarlini, Danica ^a   Becattini, Giovanni ^a   Alocci, Patrizio ^a   Ruggeri, Marco ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Emergency department; Length of stay; Triage; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960088066     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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