The role of full capacity protocols on mitigating overcrowding in EDs

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-420

  Villa Roel, Cristina ^a,b   Guo, Xiaoyan ^a   Holroyd, Brian R ^a   Innes, Grant ^c   Wong, Lyndsey ^d   Ospina, Maria ^b,e   Schull, Michael ^f   Vandermeer, Benjamin ^b   Bullard, Michael J ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROWDING; DATA EXTRACTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FULL CAPACITY PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CANADA; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858042997     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.12.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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