Patients Prefer Boarding in Inpatient Hallways: Correlation with the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Score

Patients Prefer Boarding in Inpatient Hallways: Correlation with the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Score

Objective. The boarding of patients in Emergency Department (ED) hallways when no inpatient beds are available is a major cause of ED crowding. One solution is to board admitted patients in an inpatient rather than ED hallway. We surveyed patients to determine their preference and correlated their r...

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Main Authors: John R. Richards, Gal Ozery, Mark Notash, Peter E. Sokolove, Robert W. Derlet, Edward A. Panacek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/840459
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