The Economics of an Admissions Holding Unit

Introduction: With increasing attention to the actual cost of delivering care, return-on-investment calculations take on new significance. Boarded patients in the emergency department (ED) are harmful to clinical care and have significant financial opportunity costs. We hypothesize that investment i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kraftin E. Schreyer, Richard Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2017-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3h20q41v