Demand for public hospital emergency department services in Australia: 2000-2001 to 2009-2010

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-78

  Fitzgerald, Gerry ^a   Toloo, Sam ^a   Rego, Joanna ^a   Ting, Joseph ^a   Aitken, Peter ^a   Tippett, Vivienne ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Demand; Emergency department; Public hospital; Utilization trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TREND STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856808705     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01492.x     Document Type: Article

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