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November 22, 2012Emergency Medicine Journal

The impact of adding clinical assistants on patient waiting time in a crowded emergency department

Edward Pei‐Chuan Huang Shih‐Hung Liu Cheng‐Chung Fang Hao‐Chang Chou Chih‐Hung Wang Zui‐Shen Yen Shyr‐Chyr Chen

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Abstract

In a busy and crowded ED, the introduction of clinical assistants to an existing emergency health service effectively reduces patient waiting times and decreases the number of patients leaving without being seen.

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Huang et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69de845c4838c5c0bab0c0db https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201611

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