Emergency Department Utilization and Capacity [PDF]
, 2009 Synthesizes research on who utilizes emergency departments, how often for non-urgent or preventable conditions and why, how cost-sharing affects utilization, and how utilization patterns affect hospital finances, overcrowding, and cost ...
Derek DeLia, Joel Cantor
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The impact of co-located NHS walk-in centres on emergency departments [PDF]
, 2007 Objectives: To determine the impact of establishing walk-in centres alongside emergency departments on attendance rates, visit duration, process, costs and outcome of care.
Chalder, Melanie +6 more
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Improving Patient Flow Through Axiomatic Design of Hospital Emergency Departments [PDF]
, 2009 Organised by: Cranfield UniversityIn response to crowding in hospital emergency departments (ED), efforts have been made to increase patient flow through the Fast Track (FT).
Kim, S-G., Peck, J.
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Household food insecurity positively associated with increased hospital charges for infants [PDF]
, 2019 Objective: To test whether household food insecurity (HFI) was associated with total annual hospitalization charges, annual days hospitalized, and charges per day, among low-income infants (months) with any non-neonatal hospital stays.
Bovell-Ammon, Allison R +7 more
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Safety Net hospital Emergency Departments: Creating Safety Valves for Non-urgent Care [PDF]
, 2008 Outlines how safety-net hospitals are addressing the rise in emergency department visits for non-urgent care, such as re-directing patients to outpatient clinics or community health centers and adding primary care capacity.
Laurie E. Felland +2 more
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Tactical capacity planning in hospital departments
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2019 PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore tactical planning potential within hospital departments. The study had two objectives: first, to develop a framework for tactical capacity planning in healthcare departments by identifying and structuring essential components for healthcare capacity management; and, second, to identify context-specific ...
Larsson, Agneta, Fredriksson, Anna
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Optimizing Emergency Department Throughput Using Best Practices to Improve Patient Flow [PDF]
, 2017 Emergency Department (ED) crowding and bottle necks are the reality of hospitals across the country. Patients seeking care and needing inpatient beds via the emergency rooms are facing delays with attaining the right level of care.
Freibott, Puneet, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN-K\u27S
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Effects of post-abortion family planning services on contraceptive practices in China : protocol for a clustered randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2017 Study objectives: To determine whether integrating post-abortion services in hospital settings in China will increase the contraceptive use and decrease repeat abortion rates. Study design: Three-arms cluster randomised controlled trial in which the unit
Li, Jiong +4 more
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Application of simulation and modelling in managing unplanned healthcare demand [PDF]
, 2012 Patients who attend Accident and Emergency (A & E) departments with problems that could be dealt with by their general practitioners (GPs) use time and resources of the department that could be otherwise used for patients with more appropriate needs ...
Kagioglou, M +3 more
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Implementation of a Videoconferencing System between Multiple Family Medicine Departments [PDF]
, 2011 Attending conferences is important for doctors and residents in family medicine. Nevertheless, departments of family medicine at many hospitals find it difficult to hold regular conferences.
Belong Cho +15 more
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