Emergency overcrowding: an incurable disease?
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Emergency overcrowding: an incurable disease?
situation of the emergency department (ED) [1], highlighting common problems in diff erent countries that have remained unchanged and unresolved for decades [2]. Is there a solution to the collapse of emergency services or is it an incurable disease? Figure 1 shows the fl ows of input and output in an ED – modulating these fl ows can treat the problem. Th e clinician has no doubt that it is pos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc10223