Manpower staffing, emergency department access and consequences on patient outcomes
Pressure on emergency medical services (EMS) is rising. The growth in EMS utilization has coincided with a decline in the number of emergency departments (ED). Between 1994 and 2004, the annual number of ED visits in the United States rose by 18 percent (from 93 million to 110 million) whereas the...
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/3513 |