A model to predict length of stay in a hospital emergency department and enable planning for non-critical patients admission.

Introduction:The progressive growth of aging, increased life expectancy and greater number of chronic diseases contributes significantly on the growing demand of emergency medical care, and thus on Emergency Departments (ED) saturation. This is one of the most important problems for the management o...

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Published in:International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors: Bruballa, Eva, Wong, Alvaro, Epelde, Francisco, Rexachs, Dolores, Luque, Emilio
Format: Journal Article
Published: Ubiquity Press 2016 Supplement
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