Effect of emergency physician-operated emergency short-stay ward on emergency department stay length and clinical outcomes: a case-control study
Abstract Background We hypothesized that an emergency short-stay ward (ESSW) mainly operated by emergency medicine physicians may reduce the length of patient stay in emergency department without expense of clinical outcomes. Methods We retrospectively analysed adult patients who visited the emergen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-05-01
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Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00813-x |