Predictors of patient length of stay in 9 emergency departments

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1860-1864

  Wiler, Jennifer L ^a,b   Handel, Daniel A ^c   Ginde, Adit A ^a   Aronsky, Dominik ^d   Genes, Nicholas G ^e   Hackman, Jeffrey L ^f   Hilton, Joshua A ^g   Hwang, Ula ^e,h   Kamali, Michael ⁱ   Pines, Jesse M ^j,k   Powell, Emilie ^l   Sattarian, Medhi ^j   Fu, Rongwei ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^j GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^k GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BED; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869157844     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.028     Document Type: Article

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