Established and novel initiatives to reduce crowding in emergency departments

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-89

  Liu, Shan W ^a   Hamedani, Azita G ^b   Brown, David F M ^a   Asplin, Brent ^d   Camargo, Carlos A ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Fairview Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; ONLINE SYSTEM; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879070950     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.11.12171     Document Type: Article

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