Clinical teams' experiences of crowding in public emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa

Introduction: Crowding is a significant challenge for emergency centres (ECs) globally. While South Africa is not alone in reckoning with high patient demand and insufficient resources to treat these patients; staff-to-patient ratios are generally lower than in the Global North. The study of crowdin...

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Main Authors: Catherine van de Ruit, Sa'ad Lahri, Lee A. Wallis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X19301648