Add to ORKGAbstract A recent development to reduce ED crowding and increase urgent patient admis-sions is the opening of an Emergency Observation and Assessment Ward (EOA Ward). At these wards urgent patients are temporarily hospitalized until they can be transferred to an inpatient bed. In this paper we present an overflow model to evaluate the effect of employing an EOA Ward on elective and urgent patient admissions.
Emergency Department Overcrowding (EDOC) has been a longstanding problem. It is defined as a situati...
Background: The observation ward (OW) allows patients to be reassessed and monitored before deciding...
International audienceEmergency department (ED) has become the patient’s main point of entrance in m...
A recent development to reduce ED crowding and increase urgent patient admissions is the opening of ...
Introduction: Observation and assessment wards allow patients to be observed on a short-term basis a...
Two purposes of Short Stay Units (SSU) are the reduction of Emergency Department crowding and increa...
AbstractTwo purposes of Short Stay Units (SSU) are the reduction of Emergency Department crowding an...
The increasing number of admissions to hospital emergency departments (EDs) during the past decade h...
The rising demand for acute care is attributable to several factors, including poor access to unsch...
Evidence suggests improved outcomes for patients requiring emergency admission to hospital are assoc...
Background: Hospital emergency admissions have risen annually, exacerbating pressures on emergency d...
In recent years, a growing proportion of patients flowing through inpatient hospital wards come from...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the flow of patients through the emergency department of a l...
Introduction: To prevent overcrowding of the emergency department, a flexible acute admission unit (...
Abstract Background Globally, the rate of emergency hospital admissions is increasing. However, litt...
Emergency Department Overcrowding (EDOC) has been a longstanding problem. It is defined as a situati...
Background: The observation ward (OW) allows patients to be reassessed and monitored before deciding...
International audienceEmergency department (ED) has become the patient’s main point of entrance in m...
A recent development to reduce ED crowding and increase urgent patient admissions is the opening of ...
Introduction: Observation and assessment wards allow patients to be observed on a short-term basis a...
Two purposes of Short Stay Units (SSU) are the reduction of Emergency Department crowding and increa...
AbstractTwo purposes of Short Stay Units (SSU) are the reduction of Emergency Department crowding an...
The increasing number of admissions to hospital emergency departments (EDs) during the past decade h...
The rising demand for acute care is attributable to several factors, including poor access to unsch...
Evidence suggests improved outcomes for patients requiring emergency admission to hospital are assoc...
Background: Hospital emergency admissions have risen annually, exacerbating pressures on emergency d...
In recent years, a growing proportion of patients flowing through inpatient hospital wards come from...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the flow of patients through the emergency department of a l...
Introduction: To prevent overcrowding of the emergency department, a flexible acute admission unit (...
Abstract Background Globally, the rate of emergency hospital admissions is increasing. However, litt...
Emergency Department Overcrowding (EDOC) has been a longstanding problem. It is defined as a situati...
Background: The observation ward (OW) allows patients to be reassessed and monitored before deciding...
International audienceEmergency department (ED) has become the patient’s main point of entrance in m...