Analysis of the Literature on Emergency Department Throughput

Analysis of the Literature on Emergency Department Throughput

Introduction: The purpose of this paper was to review and analyze all the literature concerning ED patient throughput. The secondary goal was to determine if certain factors would significantly alter patients’ ED throughput.Methods: A MEDLINE search was performed from 1966 to 2007 using the terms “t...

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Main Author: Zun, Leslie S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2009-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
throughput
efficiency
length of stay
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4qc6x82t

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