Evaluating the quality of care delivered by an emergency department fast track unit with both nurse practitioners and doctors

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 188-194

  Dinh, Michael ^a   Walker, Andrew ^a   Parameswaran, Ahilan ^b   Enright, Nicholas ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Fast track; Nurse practitioner; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872384343     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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