The Financial Impact of Emergency Department Crowding
Objective: The economic benefits of reducing emergency department (ED) crowding are potentially substantial as they may decrease hospital length of stay. Hospital administrators and public officials may therefore be motivated to implement crowding protocols. We sought to identify a potential cost of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2011-05-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/61q782sp |