Applicability of the modified Emergency Department Work Index (mEDWIN) at a Dutch emergency department
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Applicability of the modified Emergency Department Work Index (mEDWIN) at a Dutch emergency department
BACKGROUND Emergency department (ED) crowding leads to prolonged emergency department length of stay (ED-LOS) and adverse patient outcomes. No uniform definition of ED crowding exists. Several scores have been developed to quantify ED crowding; the best known is the Emergency Department Work Index (EDWIN). Research on the EDWIN is often applied to limited settings and conducted over a short per...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173387