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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...
Autores principales: | Morais Oliveira, Marta, Marti, Christophe, Ramlawi, Majd, Sarasin, François P., Grosgurin, Olivier, Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre, Rouyer, Frédéric, Rutschmann, Olivier T. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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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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