Effectiveness and Safety of Short-stay Units in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review
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Kristin J. Konnyu is a Research Coordinator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Edmund Kwok is a resident physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital. Becky Skidmore is an independent research and Information consultant. David Moher is a Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1069-6563
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12730