Quantifying Dynamic Flow of Emergency Department (ED) Patient Managements: A Multistate Model Approach

Background. Emergency department (ED) crowding and prolonged lengths of stay continue to be important medical issues. It is difficult to apply traditional methods to analyze multiple streams of the ED patient management process simultaneously. The aim of this study was to develop a statistical model...

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Main Authors: Chung-Hsien Chaou, Te-Fa Chiu, Shin-Liang Pan, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Shu-Hui Chang, Petrus Tang, Chao-Chih Lai, Ruei-Fang Wang, Hsiu-Hsi Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2059379