It is certain and established that overcrowding represents one of the main problems that has
been affecting global health and the functioning of the healthcare system in the last …

Purpose Large international studies have shown that older hospital inpatients are at
particular risk of adverse events. The purpose of this review was to synthesize data from …

Introduction During emergency department (ED) crowding there is an imbalance between
the need for emergency care and available resources. We assessed the impact of crowding …

Abstract [Background] Emergency departments world-wide report service demands which
exceed resource availability. Themes such as crowding, non-urgent presentations …

Background Difficult intravenous access (DIVA) is a common problem in Emergency
Departments (EDs), yet the prevalence and clinical impact of this condition is poorly …

Objectives Quality and safety of emergency care is critical. Patients rely on emergency
medicine (EM) for accessible, timely and high-quality care in addition to providing a 'safety …

Objective To systematically review the literature regarding the prevalence, preventability,
severity and types of adverse events (AE) in the Emergency Department (ED). Methods We …

Objective This study aims to develop and compare different models to predict the Length of
Stay (LoS) and the Prolonged Length of Stay (PLoS) of inpatients admitted through the …

Background To investigate the average and extrapolated excess length of stay and direct
costs of adverse events (AEs) and preventable AEs in Dutch hospitals, and to evaluate …

Background Younger and older adults attending the Emergency Department (ED) are a
heterogeneous population. Longer length of ED stay is associated with adverse outcomes …