Short-term unscheduled return visits of adult patients to the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-139

  Verelst, Sandra ^a   Pierloot, Sarah ^a   Desruelles, Didier ^a   Gillet, Jean Bernard ^a   Bergs, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

crowding; emergency department; incidence; patient characteristics; return visit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; BELGIUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905011702     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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