Duration of patients' visits to the hospital emergency department

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Karaca, Zeynal ^a   Wong, Herbert S ^b   Mutter, Ryan L ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868266373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-12-15     Document Type: Article

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