Emergency department length of stay: Accuracy of patient estimates

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-175

  Parker, Brendan T ^a   Marco, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicine; Wait time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME PERCEPTION;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84896993500     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.9.15816     Document Type: Article

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