Senior work-up assessment and treatment team in an emergency department: A randomised control trial

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-349

  Davis, Rebecca A ^a   Dinh, Michael M ^a   Bein, Kendall J ^a   Veillard, Anne Sophie ^a   Green, Timothy C ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Model of care; Randomised control trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENIOR WORK UP ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT MODEL; AGED; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904974608     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12256     Document Type: Article

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