Patient Characteristics and Clinical Process Predictors of Patients Leaving Without Being Seen from the Emergency Department

Introduction: Delays in patient flow in the emergency department (ED) result in patients leaving without being seen (LWBS). This compromises patient experience and quality of care. Our primary goal was to develop a predictive model by evaluating associations between patients LWBS and ED process meas...

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Main Authors: Niels K. Rathlev, Paul Visintainer, Joseph Schmidt, Joeli Hettler, Vanna Albert, Haiping Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2020-08-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0xr732bm