Influence of available resources on medical practitioners' decision-making process and practice: study of a reference hospital emergency department Influencia de los recursos disponibles en la práctica clínica: estudio en una unidad de urgencias de un hospital de referencia

• Main Authors: Juan Viñas Salas (Author), Ramón Casals Garrigó (Author), Ana M. Jiménez Vilchez (Author), Pere Godoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To evaluate variations in the observation period in the emergency department (ED) in response to bed availability. Methods: A quasi-experimental pre-test post-test study without a control group was conducted in the ED observation ward over 2 1-month periods. During this time the only vari...