The impact of adding clinical assistants on patient waiting time in a crowded emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1017-1019

  Huang, Edward Pei Chuan ^a   Liu, Sot Shih Hung ^a   Fang, Cheng Chung ^a   Chou, Hao Chang ^a   Wang, Chih Hung ^a   Yen, Zui Shen ^a   Chen, Shyr Chyr ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL ORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; WAITING ROOM; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; HOSPITAL; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; STANDARDS; TIME TO TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887819247     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201611     Document Type: Article

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