Describing the categories of people that contribute to an Emergency Centre crowd at Khayelitsha hospital, Western Cape, South Africa

Introduction: Emergency Centre (EC) crowding has globally been recognised to adversely affect patients, staff and visitors. Anecdotally, local ECs are perceived to be fairly crowded, however, not much is known about the size of this crowd and what constitutes it. Although more reliable, resource res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Emmanuel Ahiable, Sa'ad Lahri, Stevan Bruijns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X17300605