2012
Predictors of patient length of stay in 9 emergency departments
Wiler JL, Handel DA, Ginde AA, Aronsky D, Genes NG, Hackman JL, Hilton JA, Hwang U, Kamali M, Pines JM, Powell E, Sattarian M, Fu R. Predictors of patient length of stay in 9 emergency departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2012, 30: 1860-1864. PMID: 22633732, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall LOSAmbulance diversionPredictors of LOSAnnual ED censusEmergency department lengthLength of stayPercentage of increaseLog-transformed LOSDaily percentageCalendar year 2009Multicenter studyRetrospective studyAdverse outcomesEmergency departmentED censusPatient satisfactionPatient presentationPatient categoriesPatient LOSED crowdingPatient lengthPatientsDaily admissionsStaySignificant predictors
2008
The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Clinically Oriented Outcomes
Bernstein SL, Aronsky D, Duseja R, Epstein S, Handel D, Hwang U, McCarthy M, McConnell K, Pines JM, Rathlev N, Schafermeyer R, Zwemer F, Schull M, Asplin BR, Medicine E. The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Clinically Oriented Outcomes. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008, 16: 1-10. PMID: 19007346, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00295.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDomains of qualityEmergency departmentED crowdingEffect of EDST-elevation myocardial infarctionTime-sensitive conditionsObjective clinical endpointsEnglish-language literatureEmergency department (ED) crowdingHospital mortalityAcute painCohort studyCase seriesMyocardial infarctionPatient satisfactionSingle institutionClinical endpointsClinical trialsStudy qualityMedical adviceMedicine reportMedical literaturePatientsCareBody of data