Number of Consults and Response Times to ED: Effects on Patient Flow and Outcomes.
Perez MF, Holleck JL, Sfondrini M, Nemergut E, Gunderson CG, Federman DG. Number of Consults and Response Times to ED: Effects on Patient Flow and Outcomes. Connecticut Medicine 2017, 81: 69-73. PMID: 29738148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of consultsEmergency departmentProspective observational studyPatient flowComorbidity scoreInpatient mortalityED lengthAuthors' cohortPhysician consultationObservational studyMedian response timeStay durationConvenience sampleCohortOutcomesMortalityConsultsAgeNumber of servicesED shiftMinutesPatientsStay