Waiting times in emergency departments: a resource allocation or an efficiency issue?
Abstract Background In recent years, the flow of patients to the Emergency Departments (ED) of Western countries has steadily increased, thus generating overcrowding and extended waiting times. Scholars have identified four main causes for this phenomenon, related to: continuity of primary care serv...
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Main Authors: | Milena Vainieri (Author), Cinzia Panero (Author), Lucrezia Coletta (Author) |
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2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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