Time patients spend in the emergency department: England's 4-hour rule - A case of hitting the target but missing the point?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 341-349

  Mason, Suzanne ^a   Weber, Ellen J ^b   Coster, Joanne ^a   Freeman, Jennifer ^a   Locker, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BARNSLEY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860222756     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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