The Impact of Ambulance and Patient Diversion on Crowdedness of Multiple Emergency Departments in a Region

Emergency department (ED) overcrowding threatens healthcare quality. Ambulance diversion (AD) may relieve ED overcrowding; however, diverting patients from an overcrowded ED will load neighboring EDs with more patients and may result in regional overcrowding. The purpose of this study was to evaluat...

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Autores principales: Kao, Chung-Yao, Yang, Jhen-Ci, Lin, Chih-Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26659589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144227

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26659589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144227

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