Predicting emergency department admissions

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 358-365

  Boyle, Justin ^a   Jessup, Melanie ^b,c   Crilly, Julia ^c   Green, David ^c   Lind, James ^c   Wallis, Marianne ^b,c   Miller, Peter ^d   Fitzgerald, Gerard ^e  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d TOOWOOMBA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ADMISSION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 84860217032     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.103531     Document Type: Article

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