[HTML][HTML] Emergency department crowding: a systematic review of causes, consequences and solutions

C Morley, M Unwin, GM Peterson, J Stankovich… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Emergency department crowding is a major global healthcare issue. There is
much debate as to the causes of the phenomenon, leading to difficulties in developing …

Systematic review of emergency department crowding: causes, effects, and solutions

NR Hoot, D Aronsky - Annals of emergency medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
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 crowding: the canary in the health care system

GD Kelen, R Wolfe, G D'Onofrio, AM Mills… - … Innovations in Care …, 2021 - catalyst.nejm.org
The solution for this serious threat to ED staff and harm to patients cannot come from a
single department, but through engagement of and ongoing commitment by leaders …

[PDF][PDF] Why health-care workers are quitting in droves

E Yong - The Atlantic, 2021 - alamedahealthsystem.org
Last December, at the height of the winter surge, she cared for a patient who had caught the
coronavirus after being pressured into a anksgiving dinner. eir lungs were so ruined that …

A conceptual model of emergency department crowding

BR Asplin, DJ Magid, KV Rhodes, LI Solberg… - Annals of emergency …, 2003 - Elsevier
Emergency department (ED) crowding has become a major barrier to receiving timely
emergency care in the United States. Despite widespread recognition of the problem, the …

The association between hospital overcrowding and mortality among patients admitted via Western Australian emergency departments

PC Sprivulis, JA Da Silva, IG Jacobs… - Medical journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To examine the relationship between hospital and emergency department (ED)
occupancy, as indicators of hospital overcrowding, and mortality after emergency admission …

Increase in patient mortality at 10 days associated with emergency department overcrowding

DB Richardson - Medical journal of Australia, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To quantify any relationship between emergency department (ED) overcrowding
and 10‐day patient mortality. Design and setting: Retrospective stratified cohort analysis of …

Emergency department crowding, part 1—concept, causes, and moral consequences

JC Moskop, DP Sklar, JM Geiderman… - Annals of emergency …, 2009 - Elsevier
Crowding is an increasingly common occurrence in hospital-based emergency departments
(EDs) across the globe. This 2-article series offers an ethical and policy analysis of ED …

Worsening of emergency department length of stay during the COVID‐19 pandemic

A Lucero, K Sokol, J Hyun, L Pan… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Our study sought to determine whether there was a change in emergency
department (ED) length of stay (LOS) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) …

Emergency department overcrowding and access block

A Affleck, P Parks, A Drummond, BH Rowe… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Emergency Department overcrowding (EDOC) is defined as a situation where the demand
for emergency services exceeds the ability of an emergency department (ED) to provide …