2022
Hospital Occupancy and Emergency Department Boarding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Janke AT, Melnick ER, Venkatesh AK. Hospital Occupancy and Emergency Department Boarding During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2233964. PMID: 36178691, PMCID: PMC9526134, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency department boardingHospital occupancyCross-sectional studyCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic
2020
The cost of waiting: Association of ED boarding with hospitalization costs
Baloescu C, Kinsman J, Ravi S, Parwani V, Sangal RB, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. The cost of waiting: Association of ED boarding with hospitalization costs. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 40: 169-172. PMID: 33272871, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED boardingHospitalization costsED crowdingHospital spendingHospital care accessMultivariate linear regression analysisED patient volumeCost of careQuality of careEmergency department boardingCross-sectional analysisPublic health crisisED lengthEffective careCare accessHospital levelInpatient bedsED characteristicsLinear regression analysisPatient volumeCareMedicare spendingMultivariate regressionPatientsRegression analysis
2018
Opening of Psychiatric Observation Unit Eases Boarding Crisis
Parwani V, Tinloy B, Ulrich A, D'Onofrio G, Goldenberg M, Rothenberg C, Patel A, Venkatesh A. Opening of Psychiatric Observation Unit Eases Boarding Crisis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 456-460. PMID: 29266537, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED LOSLength of stayMedian ED LOSTotal LOSPsychiatric admission ratesCrisis intervention unitSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeObservation unitAdmission ratesPrimary analysisTertiary care academic medical centerPsychiatric chief complaintsBehavioral health staffInpatient psychiatric bedsAcute psychiatric careAcademic medical centerHours of careEmergency department boardingAdult EDAdult patientsPreintervention periodChief complaintPediatric hospitalInpatient admissions