Predictive variables of an emergency department quality and performance indicator: A 1-year prospective, observational, cohort study evaluating hospital and emergency census variables and emergency department time interval measurements

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 638-645

  Casalino, Enrique ^a,b,c   Choquet, Christophe ^a,c   Bernard, Julien ^a,b,c   Debit, Abigael ^a,b,c   Doumenc, Benoit ^a,c   Berthoumieu, Audrey ^a   Wargon, Mathias ^a,b,c  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Non Scheduled Activities Departments   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL; CARDIAC CARE; EFFICIENCY; EMERGENCY CARE SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT; HIV; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84880698117     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201404     Document Type: Article

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