Improving acute patient flow and resolving emergency department overcrowding in New Zealand hospitals-the major challenges and the promising initiatives

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1344, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Ardagh, Mike ^a,b   Tonkin, Gary ^a   Possenniskie, Clare ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT MOBILITY;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 80054683994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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