Measures of emergency department crowding, a systematic review. How to make sense of a long list

S Badr, A Nyce, T Awan, D Cortes… - Open Access …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Emergency department (ED) crowding, a common and serious phenomenon in many
countries, lacks standardized definition and measurement methods. This systematic review …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency department and hospital crowding: causes, consequences, and cures

P McKenna, SM Heslin, P Viccellio… - Clinical and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Overcrowding with associated delays in patient care is a problem faced by emergency
departments (EDs) worldwide. ED overcrowding can be the result of poor ED department …

Effect of emergency department crowding on outcomes of admitted patients

BC Sun, RY Hsia, RE Weiss, D Zingmond… - Annals of emergency …, 2013 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Emergency department (ED) crowding is a prevalent health delivery
problem and may adversely affect the outcomes of patients requiring admission. We assess …

Challenges, consequences, and lessons for way–outs to emergencies at hospitals: a systematic review study

HR Rasouli, A Aliakbar Esfahani… - BMC Emergency …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding adversely affects patients'
health, accessibility, and quality of healthcare systems for communities. Several studies …

[HTML][HTML] The high volume of patients admitted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has an independent harmful impact on in-hospital mortality from COVID-19

A Soria, S Galimberti, G Lapadula, F Visco, A Ardini… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background During the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, advanced health
systems have come under pressure by the unprecedented high volume of patients needing …

ED crowding is associated with inpatient mortality among critically ill patients admitted via the ED: post hoc analysis from a retrospective study

S Jo, T Jeong, YH Jin, JB Lee, J Yoon, B Park - The American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Adverse effects of emergency department (ED) crowding among critically ill
patients are not well known. Objectives We evaluated the association between ED crowding …

Emergency department crowding is associated with delayed antibiotics for sepsis

ID Peltan, JR Bledsoe, TA Oniki, J Sorensen… - Annals of emergency …, 2019 - Elsevier
Study objective Barriers to early antibiotic administration for sepsis remain poorly
understood. We investigated the association between emergency department (ED) crowding …

Patterns in patient encounters and emergency department capacity in California, 2011-2021

RY Hsia, S Zagorov, N Sarkar, MT Savides… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The health care system has undergone major changes in the past decade, and
emergency department (ED) crowding has worsened over time; however, the most recent …

[HTML][HTML] Use of telemedicine to screen patients in the emergency department: matched cohort study evaluating efficiency and patient safety of telemedicine

NJ Rademacher, G Cole, KJ Psoter… - JMIR medical …, 2019 - medinform.jmir.org
Background: Early efforts to incorporate telemedicine into Emergency Medicine focused on
connecting remote treatment clinics to larger emergency departments (EDs) and providing …

Emergency department crowding predicts admission length-of-stay but not mortality in a large health system

SF Derose, GZ Gabayan, VY Chiu, SC Yiu, BC Sun - Medical care, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Emergency department (ED) crowding has been identified as a major threat to
public health. Objectives: We assessed patient transit times and ED system crowding …