The financial consequences of lost demand and reducing boarding in hospital emergency departments

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-340

  Pines, Jesse M ^a   Batt, Robert J ^b   Hilton, Joshua A ^c   Terwiesch, Christian ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT;

ADULT; BED OCCUPANCY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 80053236113     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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