Thad Wilkins, Stephen Shiver, Christa Butler, Leanna Corcoran, Roslyn Marshall, Carol Brody, Kimberly Cliett, Mary Anne Nolan, Tracie Sowinski, Mark Schreiber
Context: Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is a significant problem worldwide. Many factors contribute to ED overcrowding, including staffing shortages, diagnostic testing delays, and inadequate inpatient beds to meet the demand. ED overcrowding results in patient safety issues like higher inpatient mortality and other negative impacts, such as an increased length of stay (LOS) and an increased trend of leaving the ED before undergoing an evaluation and treatment. The National emergency department overcrowding study (NEDOCS) is a scoring system to detect ED overcrowding objectively...
November 1, 2024: Annals of Family Medicine