Abstract Background Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding adversely affects patients'
health, accessibility, and quality of healthcare systems for communities. Several studies …

Background: An extreme excess of patients exceeding the capacity of emergency
departments (EDs) to provide care is an emerging threat to patient safety and health systems …

Methods: This systematic review utilized original research articles published from 1st
January 2007, to 1st January 2019. Relevant articles from the PubMed (MEDLINE) …

Methods: We surveyed the physician leadership of all US academic EDs from March to May
2010 using a 2-minute online survey. Academic ED was defined by the primary site of an …

Background Emergency department crowding is a major global healthcare issue. There is
much debate as to the causes of the phenomenon, leading to difficulties in developing …

Emergency Department (ED) crowding is defined as a situation wherein the demands of
emergency services overcome the ability of a department to provide high-quality care within …

Emergency department (ED) crowding represents an international crisis that may affect the
quality and access of health care. We conducted a comprehensive PubMed search to …

Purpose Emergency department (ED) crowding is a significant patient safety concern
associated with poor quality of care. The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the …

Abstract Crowding in Emergency Departments (EDs) has emerged as a global public health
crisis. Current literature has identified causes and the potential harms of crowding in recent …

Emergency department (ED) crowding is an established public health concern that has
received a great deal of attention in both the scientific literature and the lay press. 1-4 There …