Which patients spend more than 4 hours in the Accident and Emergency department?
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Which patients spend more than 4 hours in the Accident and Emergency department?
OBJECTIVES The NHS Plan has a target that no patient should spend longer than 4 hours in Accident and Emergency (A & E) by the end of 2004. The aim of this study is to describe the attendance characteristics of patients spending less than and more than 4 hours total time in A & E. METHODS Data were collected from 10 A & E departments in the West Midlands NHS region for the period 1 April 2001...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1741-3842,1741-3850
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdh141