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The consequences of overcrowding on nursing care in the emergency department
, 2021 Bakgrund: Nedskärningar inom sjukvården har lett till att antalet akutmottagningar i Sverige minskat drastiskt. Vistelse- och väntetider ökar årligen. Fler patienter som väntar längre på akutsjukvård orsakar overcrowding på akutmottagningen.
Ekman, Fanny, Göthe, Emmeline
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Emergency department overcrowding – implications for paediatric emergency medicine [PDF]
Paediatrics & Child Health, 2007 Emergency department (ED) overcrowding has been an international phenomenon for more than 10 years. It is important to understand that ED overcrowding is a measure of health system efficiency and is not strictly related to ED volumes or capacity. ED overcrowding is defined as a situation in which the demand for emergency services exceeds the ability of
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Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2017 Background: Resource limitation, staff deficiency, and variability in patient inflow contribute to emergency department (ED) overcrowding, associated with delayed care, poor care, and poor patient outcomes.
K T Madavan Nambiar +2 more
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Emergency department overcrowding: Quality improvement in a Taiwan Medical Center
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019 Background/Purpose: Overcrowding of hospital emergency departments (ED) is a worldwide health problem. The Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation has stressed the importance of finding solutions to overcrowding, including, reducing the number ...
Chen-Mei Hsu +3 more
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Improving Patient Flow Through the Emergency Department
, 2016 One of the biggest challenges in Emergency Medicine, to date, is emergency room overcrowding which is associated with excessive length of stay and patient flow.
Pille, Sara
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Survey of directors of emergency departments in California on overcrowding
Western Journal of Medicine, 2000 To survey the directors of emergency departments in California on their opinions of the extent and factors associated with overcrowding in emergency departments.Surveys were mailed to a random sample of emergency department directors. Questions included estimated magnitude, frequency, causes, and effects of overcrowding.Of 160 directors surveyed, 113 ...
J R, Richards, M L, Navarro, R W, Derlet
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Simulation and the emergency department overcrowding problem
, 2022 368376In this paper, a brief review on the emergency department overcrowding problem and its associated solution methodologies is presented. In addition, a case study of an urgent care center is investigated that demonstrates different simulation-based ...
Reggelin, T., Nahhas, A., Awaldi, A.
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Emergency Department Overcrowding, Examining the Causes and Effects
, 2005 Emergency departments are experiencing overcrowding on an every day basis and there are growing concerns about their ability to provide safe and timely care.
Diver, Christine Mary
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Increased Emergency Department Boarding Times [PDF]
, 2012 Prolonged boarding times (increased wait times for admitted patients) in the emergency department result in an increase in morbidity and mortality in critically ill adult patients admitted to the ICU.
Djokovic, Marija
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Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2019 In the past decade, several studies have evaluated the causes of overcrowding in emergency departments in different healthcare systems. Many of the perspectives, however, have emerged from a biomedically centered conceptual framework.
Jeffrey Yuk Chiu YIP
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