Expanding emergency department capacity: A multisite study

Australian Health Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 278-287

  Crilly, Julia L ^a,b   Keijzers, Gerben B ^a,b,c   Tippett, Vivienne C ^d   O'Dwyer, John A ^a,b,e   Wallis, Marianne C ^a,b,f   Lind, James F ^a,b   Bost, Nerolie F ^a   O'Dwyer, Marilla A ^e   Shiels, Sue ^g  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^g QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

ambulance; data linkage; outcomes; service delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902171706     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH13085     Document Type: Article

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