Addressing overcrowding in an emergency department: an approach for identifying and treating influential factors and a real-life application

Abstract Background Overcrowding in hospital emergency departments that arises from long length-of-stay is an unfortunate common occurrence. While some factors affecting length-of-stay are well known, there may be additional factors that have not yet been properly addressed. This research offers a m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guy Wachtel, Amir Elalouf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-020-00390-5