The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Clinically Oriented Outcomes
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Yeshiva University · +11 more institutions
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Abstract
Background
An Institute of Medicine (IOM) report defines six domains of quality of care: safety, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. The effect of emergency department (ED) crowding on these domains of quality has not been comprehensively evaluated.
Objectives
The objective was to review the medical literature addressing the effects of ED crowding on clinically oriented outcomes (COOs).
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Authors
14- SLSteven L. BernsteinCorresponding
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
- DADominik Aronsky
Vanderbilt University, Jacobi Medical Center
- RDReena Duseja
Jacobi Medical Center, California University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
- SKStephen K. Epstein
Jacobi Medical Center, Harvard University Press
- DHDan Handel
Jacobi Medical Center
Topics & keywords
Topics
Keywords
- Medicine
- Crowding
- Emergency department
- Overcrowding
- Emergency medicine
- Randomized controlled trial
- Observational study
- Physical therapy
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