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Quantifying the impact of patient boarding on emergency department length of stay: All admitted patients are negatively affected by boarding

BACKGROUND: Patients boarding in the emergency department (ED) as a result of delays in bed placement are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Prior literature on ED boarding does not explore the impact of boarding on patients admitted to the hospital from the ED. The objective of this...

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Autores principales: Laam, Leslie A., Wary, Andrea A., Strony, Ronald S., Fitzpatrick, Michael H., Kraus, Chadd K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7926013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33718931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12401