Tracking emergency department overcrowding in a tertiary care academic institution.

MJ Bullard, C Villa-Roel, K Bond, M Vester… - Healthcare Quarterly …, 2009 - europepmc.org
Despite the release of a national report describing key markers of emergency department
(ED) overcrowding, limited linear data using these markers have been published. We sought …

[HTML][HTML] Transitions in health care settings for frequent and infrequent users of emergency departments: a population-based retrospective cohort study

RJ Rosychuk, AA Chen, MB Ospina, AD McRae… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Efforts to reduce emergency department (ED) volumes often target frequent
users. We examined transitions in care across ED, hospital, and community settings, and in …

[HTML][HTML] Travel distances, socioeconomic characteristics, and health disparities in nonurgent and frequent use of hospital emergency departments in South Carolina: a …

BK Chen, X Cheng, K Bennett, J Hibbert - BMC health services research, 2015 - Springer
Background Nonurgent use of hospital emergency departments (ED) is a controversial topic.
It is thought to increase healthcare costs and reduce quality, but is also considered a …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying rural–urban differences in the predictors of emergency ambulance service demand and misuse

HT Wong, TK Lin, JJ Lin - Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective This study aims to assess rural–urban differences in the predictors of emergency
ambulance service (EAS) demand and misuse in New Taipei City. Identifying the predictors …

Assessing challenges with access to care for patients presenting to the emergency department for non-emergent complaints

AD Tapia, CM Cuenca, SJ Johnson, RS Lauby… - Med J (Ft Sam Houst …, 2021 - apps.dtic.mil
Emergency department ED utilization continues to climb nationwide resulting in
overcrowding, increasing wait times, and a surge in patients with non-urgent conditions …

Judging who needs emergency department care: a prerequisite for policy-making

RA Lowe, AB Bindman - The American journal of emergency medicine, 1997 - Elsevier
The debate regarding risks and benefits of triaging nonurgent patients away from
emergency departments (EDs) stems from widely varying estimates as to what proportion of …

[引用][C] What is the role of primary care in emergency department overcrowding

R Weinick, J Billings, H Burstin - Council on Healthcare Economics and Policy, 2002

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing administrative data to predict emergency department utilization: the role of neighborhood sociodemographics

LM Lines, AB Rosen, AS Ash - Journal of health care for the poor …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Much of emergency department use is avoidable, and high-quality primary care can reduce
it, but performance measures related to ED use may be inadequately risk-adjusted. To …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in emergency department visits, 2006–2011

HG Skinner, J Blanchard, A Elixhauser - 2014 - europepmc.org
There has been an overall increase in emergency department (ED) visits over the past two
decades. However, ED visits for specific conditions have shown varying patterns, and visits …

[PDF][PDF] Emergency department use: a reflection of poor primary care access

D Weisz, MK Gusmano, G Wong… - Am J Manag …, 2015 - ajmc.s3.amazonaws.com
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