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Emergency department overcrowding

Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2020
Overcrowding in emergency departments is a common and worldwide phenomenon, which is widely reported even in the lay press. Strategies to address this incriminating situation for patients, nurses, physicians and hospital administrators are urgently needed.
Gregor Lindner, Bertram K. Woitok
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Emergency Department Overcrowding in Canada

Canadian Journal of Health Technologies, 2023
What Is the Issue? Emergency departments (EDs) across Canada are under strain and experiencing overcrowding, a situation that arises when the demand for health services in the ED exceeds the capacity of the health system — which includes the ED, hospital, and community — to provide quality care in a reasonable amount of time.
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The Impact of Emergency Department Overcrowding on Resident Education

Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012
Few studies have evaluated the effect of Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding on resident education.To determine the impact of ED overcrowding on Emergency Medicine (EM) resident education.A prospective cross-sectional study was performed from March to May 2009.
Thomas Swoboda, Thomas C Arnold
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Overcrowding in emergency departments and adverse outcomes

BMJ, 2011
Death and admission rates are higher when length of stay is longer Crowded emergency departments are a problem for healthcare systems in many countries.1 2 3 Numerous studies have documented poorer quality of care and more patient dissatisfaction in these circumstances,4 5 but few have examined the effect of crowding on patient mortality and morbidity.
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Managing Rural Emergency Department Overcrowding

Journal of Trauma Nursing, 2008
Emergency department visits reached more than 115 million in 2005, a 30% increase over the past decade. Although much has been written regarding these numbers, little attention has been focused on the impact of overcrowding and volume increases on rural emergency departments.
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Overcrowding: Not Just an Emergency Department Issue

Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2005
Emergency nurses struggle with overcrowding each and every day. The reality of trying to provide care for sicker patients, inpatients, and more patients than the emergency department’s physical space can handle has created an overcrowding situation that extends well beyond the emergency department.
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Emergency department overcrowding: the Emergency Department Cardiac Analogy Model (EDCAM)

Accident and Emergency Nursing, 2005
Increasing patient numbers, changing demographics and altered patient expectations have all contributed to the current problem with 'overcrowding' in emergency departments (EDs). The problem has reached crisis level in a number of countries, with significant implications for patient safety, quality of care, staff 'burnout' and patient and staff ...
Sandra K, Richardson, Michael, Ardagh, Paul, Gee   +2 more
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Oncologic Emergencies and Urgencies: A Comprehensive Review

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Jason J Bischof, David E. Gerber, Bonnie E Gould Rothberg   +2 more
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Overcrowding in Emergency Department: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions—A Narrative Review

Healthcare, 2022
Anna Maria Spagnolo, Marina Sartini, Maria Luisa Cristina   +2 more
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An early warning system for overcrowding in the emergency department.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2007
Overcrowding of emergency departments impedes health care access and quality nationwide. A real-time early warning system for overcrowding may allow administrators to alleviate the problem before reaching a crisis state. Two original probabilistic models - a logistic regression and a recurrent neural network - were created to predict overcrowding ...
Nathan R. Hoot, Dominik Aronsky
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