Predictive Modeling of Emergency Department Wait Times for Abdominal Pain Patients

Reducing emergency department (ED) wait times are a major priority for the Ontario Government. Overcrowded EDs, cumulative effects of the delays in hospital processes and lack of resources are manifested in the phenomenon of long wait times. This thesis aims to estimate in real-time, a minimum wait...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chan, Pamela
Other Authors: Carter, Michael W.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/25447