Evaluation of emergency department performance – a systematic review on recommended performance and quality-in-care measures
Open Access
- 9 August 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Vol. 21 (1), 62-14
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-21-62
Abstract
Evaluation of emergency department (ED) performance remains a difficult task due to the lack of consensus on performance measures that reflects high quality, efficiency, and sustainability.Keywords
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