Evaluation of an emergency department lean process improvement program to reduce length of stay

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 427-438

  Vermeulen, Marian J ^a   Stukel, Therese A ^a,b,f   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,b,d   Rowe, Brian H ^g   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^h   Golden, Brian ^e   Nigam, Amit ^j   Anderson, Geoff ^a,b   Bell, Robert S ⁱ   Schull, Michael J ^a,b,c,k  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^j CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; ONTARIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84908365734     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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