US Emergency Department Performance on Wait Time and Length of Visit

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 Author contributions: LIH, JG, and EHB conceived and designed the study. LIH and JG obtained the data. LIH, JG, and EHB analyzed and interpreted the data. LIH drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. LIH and JG conducted the statistical analysis. LIH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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 Publication date: Available online September 30, 2009.

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PII: S0196-0644(09)01283-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.023