Not all waits are equal: an exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways
Abstract Background Increasing pressure in the United Kingdom (UK) urgent care system has led to Emergency Departments (EDs) failing to meet the national requirement that 95% of patients are admitted, discharged or transferred within 4-h of arrival. Despite the target being the same for all acute ho...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-06-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2349-2 |