Higher Inpatient Medical Surgical Bed Occupancy Extends Admitted Patients’ Stay

OBJECTIVE: Determine the effect that increased medical surgical (med/surg) bed occupancy has on the time interval from admission order to arrival in the bed for the patients admitted from the emergency department (ED).METHODS: This retrospective observational study compares the total hospital bed oc...

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Main Authors: Krall, Scott P, O'Connor, Robert E, Maercks, Lisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2009-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8x00f16k