Change to costs and lengths of stay in the emergency department and the Brisbane protocol: An observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Cheng, Qinglu ^a   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^a,b,c   Parsonage, William A ^a,b,c   Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Merollini, Katharina ^a   Graves, Nicholas ^a   Peacock, W Frank ^d   Cullen, Louise ^a,b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; DECISION TREE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE RISK PATIENT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST SAVINGS; DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TROPONIN;

EID: 84960377435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009746     Document Type: Article

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