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The Emergency Department Occupancy Rate: A Simple Measure of Emergency Department Crowding?

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2008
We examine the validity of the emergency department (ED) occupancy rate as a measure of crowding by comparing it to the Emergency Department Work Index Score (EDWIN), a previously validated scale.A multicenter validation study was conducted according to ED visit data from 6 academic EDs for a 3-month period in 2005.
Melissa L, McCarthy, Dominik, Aronsky, Ian D, Jones, James R, Miner, Roger A, Band, Jill M, Baren, Jeffrey S, Desmond, Kevin M, Baumlin, Ru, Ding, Robert, Shesser   +9 more
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CrowdED

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2011
Emergency department (ED) crowding metrics were validated in our facility and a new technique of data visualization is proposed.A sequential cross-sectional study was conducted in our ED during October 2007. Data were collected every 2 hours by a research assistant and included patient arrivals and acuity levels, available inpatient and ED beds ...
Laura S, Greci, Christina E, Parshalle, Alan, Calvitti, Marian J, Renvall   +3 more
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Measures of Crowding in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review

Academic Emergency Medicine, 2011
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18:527–538 © 2011 by the Society for Academic Emergency MedicineAbstractObjectives:  Despite consensus regarding the conceptual foundation of crowding, and increasing research on factors and outcomes associated with crowding, there is no criterion standard measure of crowding.
Ula, Hwang, Melissa L, McCarthy, Dominik, Aronsky, Brent, Asplin, Peter W, Crane, Catherine K, Craven, Stephen K, Epstein, Christopher, Fee, Daniel A, Handel, Jesse M, Pines, Niels K, Rathlev, Robert W, Schafermeyer, Frank L, Zwemer, Steven L, Bernstein   +13 more
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An Agenda for Reducing Emergency Department Crowding

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2005
Crowding has been prevalent in emergency departments (EDs) for some time. It is estimated that more than one third of EDs in the United States experience crowding on a daily basis, and crowding has been reported in the lay media and medical literature for more than 20 years. Despite this, there has been minimal progress in resolving crowding.
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Emergency Department Crowding: The Effect on Resident Education

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2005
INTRODUCTION A recent study analyzed the amount of time emergency medicine residents spend with their faculty supervisors when they work together in the emergency department (ED). The authors found that attending physicians observed the resident providing direct patient care during only 3% of the resident’s total work time.
Clare Atzema, Glen Bandiera, Michael J. Schull, Troy P. Coon, Truman J. Milling   +4 more
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Exploring the effects of emergency department crowding on emergency nurses

Emergency Nurse
Although the phenomenon of crowding in emergency departments (EDs) is not new, it remains a significant problem for patients, ED staff and the wider healthcare system. Crowding in EDs, which is also called overcrowding, has been widely explored in the literature, but there are relatively few studies of the subject from an emergency nurse perspective ...
Amy, Webster, Julie, McGarry
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Hospital and emergency department crowding in the United States

Emergency Medicine, 2003
AbstractEvery emergency physician in the United States and, for that matter, in many countries around the world recognizes that the demand for timely access to quality emergency care is one that patients highly value. Unfortunately, hospitals in the USA have become stretched beyond capacity, resulting in overloaded emergency departments, diverted ...
Robert W, Schafermeyer, Brent R, Asplin
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Swamped: Emergency Department Crowding and Patient Mortality

Journal of Health Economics, 2020
U.S. emergency departments are experiencing extreme levels of crowding. This study estimates the impact of emergency department crowding on patient mortality. Identification relies on the abrupt crowding shocks felt by "old" emergency departments at the time a new emergency department opens nearby.
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Placing Emergency Department Crowding on the Decision Agenda

Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2005
The causes of emergency department crowding (EDC), and the outcomes and strategies for resolution are reviewed. This is a call to the nursing profession to elevate EDC on hospital, community, and national agendas to garner resources to restore timely emergency care.
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Emergency Department Crowding in California: A Silent Killer?

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2013
In this issue of Annals, Sun et al report on the association between emergency department (ED) crowding and 3 important outcomes—mortality, hospital length of stay, and costs—in a broad cohort of admissions in 187 California hospitals in 2007. Patients admitted on days with high crowding, measured as the top quartile of ambulance diversion, had a 5 ...
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