The association between length of emergency department boarding and mortality

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1324-1329

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   Viccellio, Peter ^a   Pines, Jesse M ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBURBAN AREA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83655191424     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01236.x     Document Type: Article

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