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Estimating emergency department crowding with stochastic population models. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
Environments such as shopping malls, airports, or hospital emergency-departments often experience crowding, with many people simultaneously requesting service. Crowding highly fluctuates, with sudden overcrowding "spikes".
Gil Parnass, Osnat Levtzion-Korach, Renana Peres, Michael Assaf   +3 more
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Validation of the modified Skåne emergency department assessment of patient load (mSEAL) model for emergency department crowding and comparison with international models; an observational study [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Emergency Department crowding is associated with increased morbidity and mortality but no measure of crowding has been validated in Sweden.
Jens Wretborn, Håkan Starkenberg, Thoralph Ruge, Daniel B. Wilhelms, Ulf Ekelund   +4 more
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gEDWIN: a simple and practical index for real-time monitoring of emergency department crowding [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Purpose To propose a generalised Emergency Department Work Index (gEDWIN) as an alternative to the traditional Emergency Department Work Index (EDWIN), which is impractical for real-time warning due to its complexity and data requirements.
Hwan-Jin Yoon, Justin Boyle, Ibrahima Diouf, Vahid Riahi, Hamed Hassanzadeh, Sankalp Khanna   +5 more
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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Discharged Patient Experience [PDF]

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Introduction: While emergency department (ED) crowding has deleterious effects on patient care outcomes and operational efficiency, impacts on the experience for patients discharged from the ED are unknown.
Yosef Berlyand, Martin S. Copenhaver, Benjamin A. White, Sayon Dutta, Joshua J. Baugh, Susan R. Wilcox, Brian J. Yun, Ali S. Raja, Jonathan D. Sonis   +8 more
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Correlation Between Emergency Department Crowding and Adverse Occurrences in an Academic Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
Wajdan Alassaf,1 Razan Albrahim,2 Jana K Abukhaled,3 Mujahid Aldhaif,1 Mashaer Ahmed Mohammed,1 Alia Al Baiz,4 Muna Aljahany2 1Department of Emergency, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh ...
Alassaf W, Albrahim R, Abukhaled JK, Aldhaif M, Mohammed MA, Al Baiz A, Aljahany M   +6 more
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Data-driven queueing modelling: a simulation case study of emergency department crowding [PDF]

BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Objectives Emergency department crowding refers to a complex state of congestion associated with a set of performance indicators such as occupation levels, waiting times and specific scores.
Stéphane Sanchez, David Laplanche, Adrien Wartelle, Farah Mourad-Chehade, Farouk Yalaoui   +4 more
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Emergency department crowding in Singapore: Insights from a systems thinking approach

SAGE Open Medicine, 2016
Objectives: Emergency Department crowding is a serious and international health care problem that seems to be resistant to most well intended but often reductionist policy approaches.
Lukas K Schoenenberger, Steffen Bayer, John P Ansah, David B Matchar, Rajagopal L Mohanavalli, Sean SW Lam, Marcus EH Ong   +6 more
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The International Federation for Emergency Medicine report on emergency department crowding and access block: a brief summary [PDF]

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Objective To develop comprehensive guidance that captures international impacts, causes, and solutions related to emergency department crowding and access block Methods Emergency physicians representing 15 countries from all IFEM regions composed the ...
A. P. Javidan, K. Hansen, I. Higginson, P. Jones, E. Lang, on behalf of the IFEM Task Force on Emergency Department Crowding and Access Block   +5 more
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Emergency department crowding in the modern era: a systematic review (2018–2025) [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
Objective This study systematically reviews the causes, effects, and potential solutions to emergency department (ED) crowding, with emphasis on challenges amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jonathan J. Oskvarek, Andrew Leubitz, Nishad Rahman, Bryan Sure, Jesse M. Pines   +4 more
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Correction: Estimating emergency department crowding with stochastic population models. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295130.].
PLOS ONE Staff
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