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March 1, 2006The Medical Journal of Australia

Hospital overcrowding: a threat to patient safety?

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Managing access block involves reducing hospital demand and optimising bed capacity.

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Peter Cameron (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a95cd156b198a7966d7a62e https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00200.x

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