Measuring crowding: I know it when I see it

Howard Ovens^{1

2}, Alan Drummond^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. howard.ovens@utoronto.ca.
² Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. howard.ovens@utoronto.ca.
³ Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Howard Ovens et al. CJEM. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;24(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00240-6. Epub 2022 Jan 17.

Howard Ovens^{1

2}, Alan Drummond^{3

4

5}

¹ Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. howard.ovens@utoronto.ca.
² Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. howard.ovens@utoronto.ca.
³ Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts to declare.

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