The Effect of Emergency Department Boarding on Order Completion

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 730-736.e2

  Coil, Clinton J ^a,b,c,d   Flood, Jeffrey D ^a,c,d   Belyeu, Brittaney M ^c,d   Young, Phillip ^c,d   Kaji, Amy H ^a,c,d   Lewis, Roger J ^a,c,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL ORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957818650     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.09.018     Document Type: Article

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