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Ambulance Diversion

Known as: Ambulance Diversions, Diversion, Ambulance, Diversions, Ambulance 
The practice of redirecting ambulances and patients seeking urgent care from one emergency department to others for various reasons such as… 
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2017
2017
Impact Of Ambulance Diversion: Black Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Had Higher Mortality Than Whites.
This study investigated whether emergency department crowding affects blacks more than their white counterparts and the… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Managing emergency department overcrowding.
Review
2009
Review
2009
A study of the workforce in emergency medicine: 2007.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
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  • 2009
  • Corpus ID: 6601687
Review
2006
Review
2006
The effects of ambulance diversion: a comprehensive review.
OBJECTIVES To review the current literature on the effects of ambulance diversion (AD). METHODS The authors performed a… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Emergency Department overcrowding and ambulance diversion: the impact and potential solutions of extended boarding of admitted patients in the Emergency Department.
2005
2005
Internet-accessible Emergency Department Workload Information Reduces Ambulance Diversion
Objective. To determine the effect of pre-emptive ambulance distribution based on the implementation of a real-time, Internet… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Emergency department contributors to ambulance diversion: a quantitative analysis.
STUDY OBJECTIVE We determine the relationship between physician, nursing, and patient factors on emergency department use of… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Variability in Surgical Caseload and Access to Intensive Care Services
Background Variability in the demand for any service is a significant barrier to efficient distribution of limited resources. In… 
2001
2001
Impact of ambulance diversion policies in urban, suburban, and rural areas of Central Maryland.
UNLABELLED As a method to control patient flow to overburdened hospitals, effective emergency medical services (EMS) systems… 
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