Demand for hospital emergency departments: a conceptual understanding
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Demand for hospital emergency departments: a conceptual understanding.
BACKGROUND Emergency departments (EDs) are critical to the management of acute illness and injury, and the provision of health system access. However, EDs have become increasingly congested due to increased demand, increased complexity of care and blocked access to ongoing care (access block). Congestion has clinical and organisational implications. This paper aims to describe the factors that ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1920-8642
DOI: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2011.04.002