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J Emerg Med ; 39(1): 105-12, 2010 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19157757

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BACKGROUND: Admitted and discharged patients with prolonged emergency department (ED) stays may contribute to crowding by utilizing beds and staff time that would otherwise be used for new patients. OBJECTIVES: To describe patients who stay > 6 h in the ED and determine their association with measures of crowding. METHODS: This was a retrospective, observational study carried out over 1 year at a single, urban, academic ED. RESULTS: Of the 96,562 patients seen, 16,017 (17%) stayed > 6 h (51% admitted). When there was at least one patient staying > 6 h, 60% of the time there was at least one additional patient in the waiting room who could not be placed in an ED bed because none was open. The walk-out rate was 0.34 patients/hour when there were no patients staying in the ED > 6 h, vs. 0.77 patients/hour walking out when there were patients staying > 6 h in the ED (p < 0.001). When the ED contained more than 3 patients staying > 6 h, a trend was noted between increasing numbers of patients staying in the ED > 6 h and the percentage of time the ED was on ambulance diversion (p = 0.011). CONCLUSION: In our ED, having both admitted and discharged patients staying > 6 h is associated with crowding.


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Crowding , Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Length of Stay , Academic Medical Centers/organization & administration , Ambulances/organization & administration , Humans , Massachusetts , Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data , Patient Discharge/statistics & numerical data , Retrospective Studies
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