title: Hospital overcrowding: a threat to patient safety?
abstract: Managing access block involves reducing hospital demand and optimising bed capacity.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D003441:Crowding; D019992:Databases as Topic; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D014904:Western Australia