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A time and motion study of patients presenting at the accident and emergency department at Mater Dei Hospital

BACKGROUND: To carry out a time and motion study of patients presenting at the Emergency Department (ED) by measuring waiting times at the ED dept throughout the day. The objectives were: • to determine whether waiting times are prolonged, and • if prolonged, at which station(s) bottlenecks occur mo...

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Autores principales: Azzopardi, Matthias, Cauchi, Marija, Cutajar, Karl, Ellul, Robert, Mallia-Azzopardi, Charles, Grech, Victor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3212980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22008520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-421