The next step to reducing emergency department (ED) crowding: Engaging specialist physicians

Jungyeon Kim; Brian J. Yun; Emily L. Aaronson; Haytham M. A. Kaafarani; Pamela Linov; Sandhya K. Rao; Jeffery B. Weilburg; Jarone Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201393

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The next step to reducing emergency department (ED) crowding: Engaging specialist physicians

Jungyeon Kim,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6261-6084

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Brian J. Yun,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Emily L. Aaronson,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Haytham M. A. Kaafarani,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Pamela Linov,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Massachusetts General Physician Organization, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Sandhya K. Rao,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Primary Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jeffery B. Weilburg,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jarone Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lee.jarone@mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The next step to reducing emergency department (ED) crowding: Engaging specialist physicians

Jungyeon Kim,
Brian J. Yun,
Emily L. Aaronson,
Haytham M. A. Kaafarani,
Pamela Linov,
Sandhya K. Rao,
Jeffery B. Weilburg,
Jarone Lee

Published: August 20, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201393

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