Implementing wait-time reductions under Ontario government benchmarks (Pay-for-Results): A Cluster Randomized Trial of the Effect of a Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance team (MDRNSTAT) on emergency department patient wait times

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Ivy ^a,b   Lee, Jacques ^a   Mittmann, Nicole ^a   Tyberg, Jeffrey ^a   Ramagnano, Sharon ^c   Kiss, Alex ^a   Schull, Michael ^a   Kerr, Fergus ^d   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACUITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WAITING ROOM;

BENCHMARKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84887201797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-13-17     Document Type: Article

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