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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Emergency Medicine International |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/840459 |