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

Sprivulis, Peter; Silva, Julie‐Ann Da; Jacobs, Ian; Frazer, Amanda R L; Jelinek, George A

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00416.x

articleThe Medical Journal of AustraliaJun 1, 2006Closed access

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

PSPeter Sprivulis JDJulie‐Ann Da Silva IJIan Jacobs ARAmanda R L Frazer GAGeorge A Jelinek

University of Western Australia

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Abstract

Objective

To examine the relationship between hospital and emergency department (ED) occupancy, as indicators of hospital overcrowding, and mortality after emergency admission.

Design

Retrospective analysis of 62 495 probabilistically linked emergency hospital admissions and death records.

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Topics

Keywords

Overcrowding
Medicine
Emergency medicine
Medical emergency
Demography
Political science
Sociology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

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