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" Using the Natural Experiment Study Design to Evaluate the Effect of a Change in Doctor’s Roster on Patient Flow in an Emergency Department "
Hallas, Peter; Petersen, Dan Brun

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	932951
Doc. No	:	LA4mp691sw
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Hallas, Peter; Petersen, Dan Brun
Title & Author	:	Using the Natural Experiment Study Design to Evaluate the Effect of a Change in Doctor’s Roster on Patient Flow in an Emergency Department [Article]\ Hallas, Peter; Petersen, Dan Brun
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	19/4
Date	:	2018
Abstract	:	Introduction: The effect of changes in doctors’ rosters is rarely subjected to scientific evaluation. We describe how a natural experiment (NE) study design can be used to evaluate if a managerial decision about doctors’ rosters has an effect on patient flow in an emergency department (ED). We hypothesized that an extra doctor each morning from 6 a.m. (i.e., a modified “casino shift”) might improve the productivity of a hospital’s ED.