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The effect of batched patient–physician assignment on patient length of stay in the emergency department

OBJECTIVES: Queuing theory suggests that signing up for multiple patients at once (batching) can negatively affect patients’ length of stay (LOS). At academic centers, resident assignment adds a second layer to this effect. In this study, we measured the rate of batched patient assignment by residen...

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Autores principales: Imhoff, Bryan, Marshall, Kenneth D., Joseph, Joshua W., Sarani, Nima, Kelman, Julie, Nazir, Niaman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9338821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35919514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12784