Impact of Resident Physicians on Emergency Department Throughput

Impact of Resident Physicians on Emergency Department Throughput

Objective: Evaluate the impact of adding emergency medicine residents to a medium-size urban hospital by comparing emergency department (ED) admission rate, total census, length of stay (LOS), and proportion of patients who left without being seen (LWBS).Methods: Using the student t-test, the study...

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Main Authors: McGarry, Jonathon, Krall, Scott P, McLaughlin, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2010-09-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Emergency Department
Resident Physicians
Throughput
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4vn9z5qq

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