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Impact of the Four-Hour Rule policy on emergency medical services delays in Australian EDs: a longitudinal cohort study

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  • Nicola Wing Young Man Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Roberto Forero Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hanh Ngo Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Services, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Mountain Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Services, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gerard FitzGerald School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ghasem (Sam) Toloo School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sally McCarthy Emergency Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mohammed Mohsin Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniel M Fatovich Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Services, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paul Bailey St John Ambulance Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Emma Bosley Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rosemary Carney New South Wales Ambulance Service, Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Harry Man Xiong Lai New South Wales Ambulance Service, Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia Discipline of Psychiatry, University Of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ken Hillman Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Associate Professor Roberto Forero, Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, NSW, Australia; r.forero{at}unsw.edu.au
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Man NWY, Forero R, Ngo H, et al
Impact of the Four-Hour Rule policy on emergency medical services delays in Australian EDs: a longitudinal cohort study
Emergency Medicine Journal 2020;37:793-800.

Publication history

  • Received July 23, 2019
  • Revised May 26, 2020
  • Accepted May 29, 2020
  • First published July 15, 2020.
Online issue publication 
November 23, 2020

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