New Zealand’s emergency department target – did it reduce ED length of stay, and if so, how and when?

BACKGROUND: In 2009, the New Zealand government introduced a hospital emergency department (ED) target – 95% of patients seen, treated or discharged within 6 h - in order to alleviate crowding in public hospital EDs. While these targets were largely met by 2012, research suggests that such targets c...

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Autores principales: Tenbensel, Tim, Chalmers, Linda, Jones, Peter, Appleton-Dyer, Sarah, Walton, Lisa, Ameratunga, Shanthi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28950856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2617-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28950856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2617-1

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