The effects of publishing emergency department wait time on patient utilization patterns in a community with two emergency department sites: A retrospective, quasi-experiment design

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Xie, Bin ^a,b   Youash, Sabrina ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL WAITING TIME; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 79960568999     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-4-29     Document Type: Review

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