Effect of emergency department crowding on outcomes of admitted patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Benjamin C ^a   Hsia, Renee Y ^b   Weiss, Robert E ^c   Zingmond, David ^d   Liang, Li Jung ^d   Han, Weijuan ^d   McCreath, Heather ^d   Asch, Steven M ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CROWDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878106100     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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