Development and validation of a new index to measure emergency department crowding.
Bernstein S, Verghese V, Leung W, Lunney A, Perez I. Development and validation of a new index to measure emergency department crowding. Academic Emergency Medicine 2003, 10: 938-42. PMID: 12957975, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb00647.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency Severity IndexEmergency departmentTriage categoryProcess-of-care measuresAttending physiciansEmergency Severity Index scoreMeasures of emergency departmentEmergency department crowdingInterquartile rangeUrban teaching EDNurses' ratingsED crowdingConvenience sampleStaff assessmentTriage systemEight-hour shiftNursesPhysician assessmentTeaching EDAdmitted patientsPhysiciansInterrater agreementLikert scaleSPSS 10.0Acute patientsDevelopment and Validation of a New Index to Measure Emergency Department Crowding
Bernstein SL, Verghese V, Leung W, Lunney AT, Perez I. Development and Validation of a New Index to Measure Emergency Department Crowding. Academic Emergency Medicine 2003, 10: 938-942. DOI: 10.1197/s1069-6563(03)00311-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency Severity IndexEmergency department (ED) crowdingEDWIN scoreTriage categoryUrban teaching EDSecondary end pointsInterquartile rangeNumber of patientsGood interrater agreementPhysician assessmentAcute patientsCare measuresNurses' ratingsED crowdingPatientsEnd pointTriage systemConsecutive daysPhysiciansESI scoreTime pointsSeverity IndexConvenience sampleNursesDifferent EDs