Effectiveness of Emergency Medicine Wards in reducing length of stay and overcrowding in emergency departments

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-120

  Lo, Shuk Man ^a   Choi, Kenny Tze Ying ^b   Wong, Eliza Mi Ling ^c   Lee, Larry Lap Yip ^a   Yeung, Richard Sai Dat ^a   Chan, Jimmy Tak Shing ^a   Chair, Sek Ying ^c  

^a ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Emergency Department; Emergency Medicine Ward; Length of stay; Overcrowding; Service development

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897668406     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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