2017
Bouncing Back Elsewhere: Multilevel Analysis of Return Visits to the Same or a Different Hospital After Initial Emergency Department Presentation
Shy BD, Loo GT, Lowry T, Kim EY, Hwang U, Richardson LD, Shapiro JS. Bouncing Back Elsewhere: Multilevel Analysis of Return Visits to the Same or a Different Hospital After Initial Emergency Department Presentation. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2017, 71: 555-563.e1. PMID: 28967514, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.08.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHealth Information ExchangeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedMultilevel AnalysisOdds RatioPatient ReadmissionQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsYoung AdultConceptsED visitsSame hospitalReturn visitsOdds ratioHealth information exchangeInitial emergency department presentationEmergency department return visitsInitial ED visitED return visitsInitial ED presentationEmergency department presentationsConfidence intervalsHospital-level dataEarly revisitsED presentationsInitial visitMale sexSecond HospitalStudy EDPatient visitsAcademic hospitalHospital variablesHealth information exchange networkDifferent hospitalsHospital
2008
What Affects Time to Care in Emergency Room Appendicitis Patients?
Bickell NA, Hwang U, Anderson RM, Rojas M, Barsky CL. What Affects Time to Care in Emergency Room Appendicitis Patients? Medical Care 2008, 46: 417-422. PMID: 18362822, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e31815c1e66.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentAppendicitis patientsED LOSQuicker careSurgeon's diagnosisPrivate insuranceRetrospective observational studyTreatment of patientsTime-sensitive conditionsNonwhite patientsED lengthPatient factorsSpecialist consultationED staffingObservational studyMinority patientsPatientsED characteristicsIll individualsPatient safetyDiagnosisED qualityAppendicitisGreater numberModest effect