The quality gap: searching for the consequences of emergency department crowding.
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From the Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, and the Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO (Magid); the Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital and HealthPartners Research Foundation, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN (Asplin); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health Center Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL (Wears).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of emergency medicine
دوره 44 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004