Impact from point-of-care devices on emergency department patient processing times compared with central laboratory testing of blood samples: A randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 714-719

  Asha, Stephen Edward ^a,b   Chan, Adam Chiu Fat ^a,b   Walter, Elizabeth ^a   Kelly, Patrick J ^c   Morton, Rachael L ^c   Ajami, Allan ^a   Wilson, Roger Denis ^b,d   Honneyman, Daniel ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84906935121     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202632     Document Type: Article

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