Impact of a patient-flow physician coordinator on waiting times and length of stay in an emergency department: A before-after cohort study

OBJECTIVE: Overcrowding is common in most emergency departments (ED). Despite the use of validated triage systems, some patients are at risk of delayed medical evaluation. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of a patient-flow physician coordinator (PFPC) on the proportion of patient...

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Autores principales: Morais Oliveira, Marta, Marti, Christophe, Ramlawi, Majd, Sarasin, François P., Grosgurin, Olivier, Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre, Rouyer, Frédéric, Rutschmann, Olivier T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30550579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209035

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30550579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209035

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