Emergency Department Crowding: Time for Interventions and Policy Evaluations

Emergency Department Crowding: Time for Interventions and Policy Evaluations

This paper summarises the consequences of emergency department crowding. It provides a comparison of the scales used to measure emergency department crowding. We discuss the multiple causes of crowding and present an up-to-date literature review of the interventions that reduce the adverse consequen...

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Main Authors: Adrian Boyle, Kathleen Beniuk, Ian Higginson, Paul Atkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/838610
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spelling doaj-fa36210981384054a31ffc908350aedd2020-11-24T23:15:15ZengHindawi LimitedEmergency Medicine International2090-28402090-28592012-01-01201210.1155/2012/838610838610Emergency Department Crowding: Time for Interventions and Policy EvaluationsAdrian Boyle0Kathleen Beniuk1Ian Higginson2Paul Atkinson3Emergency Department, Cambridge University Foundation Hospitals NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UKEngineering Design Centre, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UKEmergency Department, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Derriford Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8DH, UKEmergency Department, St John Regional Hospital, New Brunswick, CanadaThis paper summarises the consequences of emergency department crowding. It provides a comparison of the scales used to measure emergency department crowding. We discuss the multiple causes of crowding and present an up-to-date literature review of the interventions that reduce the adverse consequences of crowding. We consider interventions at the level of an individual hospital and a policy level.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/838610
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Emergency Department Crowding: Time for Interventions and Policy Evaluations
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title_short Emergency Department Crowding: Time for Interventions and Policy Evaluations
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series Emergency Medicine International
issn 2090-2840
2090-2859
publishDate 2012-01-01
description This paper summarises the consequences of emergency department crowding. It provides a comparison of the scales used to measure emergency department crowding. We discuss the multiple causes of crowding and present an up-to-date literature review of the interventions that reduce the adverse consequences of crowding. We consider interventions at the level of an individual hospital and a policy level.
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