Temporal trends in emergency department volumes and crowding metrics in a western Canadian province: a population-based, administrative data study

Abstract Background Emergency Department (ED) crowding is a pervasive problem, yet there have been few comparisons of the extent of, and contributors to, crowding among different types of EDs. The study quantifies and compares crowding metrics for 16 high volume regional, urban and academic EDs in o...

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Main Authors: Brian H. Rowe, Andrew McRae, Rhonda J. Rosychuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05196-4