Key operational characteristics in emergency department observation units: a comparative study between sites in the United States and Asia

BACKGROUND: To improve efficiency, emergency departments (EDs) use dedicated observation units (OUs) to manage patients who are unable to be discharged home, yet do not clearly require inpatient hospitalization. However, operational metrics and their ideal targets have not been created for this sett...

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Autores principales: Komindr, Atthasit, Baugh, Christopher W, Grossman, Shamai A, Bohan, J Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-7-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-7-6

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