ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 1358–1370© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract The maturation of emergency medicine (EM) as a …

Background Emergency department (ED) crowding is a significant international problem.
There is increasing overseas research into this field. In the UK, the focus has been on …

Emergency department (ED) crowding is a multifactorial problem, resulting in increased ED
waiting times, decreased patient satisfaction and deleterious domino effects on the entire …

In the 1990s, United States emergency departments (EDs) experienced explosive growth in
patient visits, concurrent with a sharp decline in the number of hospital EDs. According to …

This paper summarises the consequences of emergency department crowding. It provides a
comparison of the scales used to measure emergency department crowding. We discuss the …

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 …

Emergency department (ED) crowding, sometimes referred to as overcrowding, has been
identified as a barrier to timely and efficient care dating back to the 1980s. 1 Despite …

Emergency department (ED) crowding, a common and serious phenomenon in many
countries, lacks standardized definition and measurement methods. This systematic review …

OCTOBER 2002 40: 4 ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 3 8 9 reported crowding as a
problem. 3 The current crisis is the result of many complex and interrelated forces. Although …

Objective: The economic benefits of reducing emergency department (ED) crowding are
potentially substantial as they may decrease hospital length of stay. Hospital administrators …