Clearing emergency departments and clogging wards: National Emergency Access Target and the law of unintended consequences

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 549-555

  Perera, Marlon L ^a   Davies, Alexander W ^a   Gnaneswaran, Neiraja ^a   Giles, Marian ^a   Liew, Danny ^a   Ritchie, Peter ^b   Chan, Steven T F ^a,c  

^a Department of Surgery Western Health ^*  (Australia)

^b Emergency Department   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crowding; Emergency service; Health services accessibility; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ED LENGTH OF STAY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INPATIENT LENGTH OF STAY; LAW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NATIONAL EMERGENCY ACCESS TARGET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STAY UNIT; WARD; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924496094     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12300     Document Type: Article

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