Impact of co-located general practitioner (GP) clinics and patient choice on duration of wait in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 658-661

  Sharma, Anurag ^a   Inder, Brett ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAITING ROOM;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 79960779456     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.086512     Document Type: Article

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