Increasing wait times predict increasing mortality for emergency medical admissions

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 192-196

  Plunkett, Patrick K ^a   Byrne, Declan G ^a   Breslin, Tomás ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^a   Silke, Bernard ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

4 h target; access block; acute medical admissions; emergency; hospital inpatient enquiry; mortality; outcome; triage; waits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WAITING TIME;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 79960321349     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328344917e     Document Type: Article

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