Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 511-513, October 2009

Advancing the Science of Emergency Department Crowding: Measurement and Solutions

  • Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, 3400 Spruce Street, Ground Ravdin, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-662-4050, Fax 215-662-3953
    • ,
  • Donald M. Yealy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

published online 03 July 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Dr. Callaham was the supervising editor on this article. Dr. Yealy did not participate in the editorial review or decision to publish this article.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online July 2, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00533-2

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.05.023

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