Use of point-of-care testing and early assessment model reduces length of stay for ambulatory patients in an emergency department

BACKGROUND: To assess whether the use of point-of-care testing (POCT) and early assessment team (EAT) model shortens emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS). METHODS: This prospective, observational study with comparison between three study periods was performed in three phases in a metropoli...

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Autores principales: Kankaanpää, Meri, Raitakari, Maria, Muukkonen, Leila, Gustafsson, Siv, Heitto, Merja, Palomäki, Ari, Suojanen, Kimmo, Harjola, Veli-Pekka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0319-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0319-z

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