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Areas of delay related to prolonged length of stay in an emergency department of an academic hospital in South Africa

INTRODUCTION: Globally, length of stay of patients in emergency departments remains a challenge. Remaining in the emergency department for >12 h increases health care costs, morbidity and mortality rates and leads to crowding and lower patient satisfaction. The aim of this research was to describ...

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Autores principales: Mashao, Kapari, Heyns, Tanya, White, Zelda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7966966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33747758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2021.02.002