American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 787-794, November 2006

The effect of crowding on access and quality in an academic ED☆

  • Teri L. Vieth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 773 363 7768; fax: +1 773 363 7768. Reprint requests: Karin V. Rhodes, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, 3000 Spruce St, Ground Ravdin, Philadelphia, PA 19014, USA.
    • Both authors contributed equally to the study and the manuscript.
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  • Karin V. Rhodes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Both authors contributed equally to the study and the manuscript.

Received 27 February 2006; received in revised form 27 March 2006; accepted 28 March 2006.

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☆ This project was funded in part by a grant from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Karin Rhodes, MD, is supported by NIMH no. K23/PA-00-004.

PII: S0735-6757(06)00130-6

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.026

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 787-794, November 2006

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