Prolonged length of stay in the emergency department in high-acuity patients at a Chinese tertiary hospital

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 634-640

  Ye, Ligang ^a   Zhou, Guangju ^a   He, Xiaojun ^a   Shen, Weifeng ^a   Gan, Jianxin ^a   Zhang, Mao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Factor; High acuity patient; Length of stay; Overcrowding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84870662150     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01588.x     Document Type: Article

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