Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 35-44 , January 2003

Waiting times in California's emergency departments

Presented as an abstract at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars' annual meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 2001.

Received 13 December 2001 ,Revised 20 May 2002 ,Accepted 1 July 2002.

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    Figure. Unadjusted mean waiting time by hospital characteristics (n=1,208). “Waiting time” is defined as the interval from ED arrival to first contact with a physician. We include only those visits ma

    Figure. Unadjusted mean waiting time by hospital characteristics (n=1,208). “Waiting time” is defined as the interval from ED arrival to first contact with a physician. We include only those visits made by study patients for whom complete data were available. Error bars represent 95% CIs (P<.0001 for all comparisons).

☆ This project was commissioned by the California HealthCare Foundation. Dr. Lambe was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar when this work was conducted. Dr. Washington had a Robert Wood Johnson Minority Medical Faculty Development Program Career Development award during this project. Dr. Asch is a recipient of a Veterans' Administration Health Services Research and Development Career Development Award.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Susan Lambe, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0208, 505 Parnassus Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143; 415-353-1634,fax 415-353-1799; E-mail slambe@itsa.ucsf.edu

PII: S0196-0644(02)84925-3

doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.2

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 35-44 , January 2003

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