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Waiting times in emergency departments: a resource allocation or an efficiency issue?

2020-04-27

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: In recent years, the flow of patients to emergency departments (ED) in Western countries has steadily increased, generating overcrowding and extended waiting times. Scholars have identified four main causes for this phenomenon, related to continuity of primary care services; availability of specific clinical pathways for chronic patients; ED’s personnel endowment; and organi...

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477c5325-2a05-581f-8e14-4706308ca9d5
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-24297/v1
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