Rapid medical assessment: Improving pediatric emergency department time to provider, length of stay, and left without being seen rates

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 354-356

  Tsai, Virginia W ^a   Sharieff, Ghazala Q ^b   Kanegaye, John T ^b   Carlson, Lesley Ann ^b   Harley, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department length of stay; emergency room left without being seen patients; rapid triage; time to provider

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; RAPID MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; TIME TO PROVIDER;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84859642616     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31824d9d27     Document Type: Article

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