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Are reductions in emergency department length of stay associated with improvements in quality of care? A difference-in-differences analysis

BACKGROUND: We sought to determine whether patients seen in hospitals who had reduced overall emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) in the 2 years following the introduction of the Ontario Emergency Room Wait Time Strategy were more likely to experience improvements in other measures of ED...

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Autores principales: Vermeulen, Marian J, Guttmann, Astrid, Stukel, Therese A, Kachra, Ashif, Sivilotti, Marco L A, Rowe, Brian H, Dreyer, Jonathan, Bell, Robert, Schull, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26271919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004189