Not all waits are equal: an exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways

• Main Authors: Dawn Swancutt (Author), Sian Joel-Edgar (Author), Michael Allen (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Heather Brant (Author), Jonathan Benger (Author), Richard Byng (Author), Jonathan Pinkney (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Increasing pressure in the United Kingdom (UK) urgent care system has led to Emergency Departments (EDs) failing to meet the national requirement that 95% of patients are admitted, discharged or transferred within 4-h of arrival. Despite the target being the same for all acute ho...