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Decreased length of stay after addition of healthcare provider in emergency department triage: a comparison between computer-simulated and real-world interventions

OBJECTIVE: (1) To determine the effects of adding a provider in triage on average length of stay (LOS) and proportion of patients with >6 h LOS. (2) To assess the accuracy of computer simulation in predicting the magnitude of such effects on these metrics. METHODS: A group-level quasi-experimenta...

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Autores principales: Day, Theodore Eugene, Al-Roubaie, Abdul Rahim, Goldlust, Eric Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3582047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22398851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201113