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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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| 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 |