A Simple Intervention to Improve Hospital Flow From Emergency Department to Inpatient Units
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Patient Flow from Emergency Department to Inpatient Wards: Empirical Observations from a Singaporean Hospital
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Internal Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2168-6106
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6689