Improving timeliness while improving the quality of emergency department care

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-221

  Lowthian, Judy ^a   Cameron, Peter ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84861884228     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01571.x     Document Type: Editorial

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