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...
Main Authors: | John R. Richards, Gal Ozery, Mark Notash, Peter E. Sokolove, Robert W. Derlet, Edward A. Panacek |
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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 |
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