Variations in crowding and ambulance diversion in nine emergency departments

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 941-946

  Handel, Daniel A ^a   Pines, Jesse ^b,c   Aronsky, Dominik ^d   Genes, Nicholas ^e   Ginde, Adit A ^f   Hackman, Jeffrey ^g   Hilton, Joshua A ^h   Hwang, Ula ^e,i   Kamali, Michael ^j   Powell, Emilie ^k   Sattarian, Medhi ^b   Fu, Rongwei ^a,l  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^k NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKLOAD;

AMBULANCES; BED OCCUPANCY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80052748317     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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