We read with great interest the overview by Pearce and Colleagues on the major topic of
crowding of emergency departments (EDs), recently published in Internal and Emergency …

Recent years have seen a range of measures deployed to curb crowding in hospital
emergency departments, but as episodes of overcrowding continue to occur the discussion …

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 …

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) over-crowding has been a topic of intense interest over the
past few years, with the Institute of Medicine report “Emergency Care at a Crossroads” …

Emergency department (ED) crowding is one of the most important issues facing the United
States today. It is emblematic of the systematic problems in the delivery of efficient …

Over the past decade, emergency department (ED) crowding has occurred and progressed.
It has become a major topic of discussion at emergency medicine (EM) conferences, such as …

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 …

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

ED crowding is a global issue. It impact on millions of patient every day. Crowding must be
seen as patient safety and quality issue and not just as an operational issue. The evidence …