Importance Emergency department (ED) triage models are intended to queue patients for
treatment. In the absence of higher acuity, patients of the same acuity should room in order …

Emergency department (ED) crowding is a worsening global problem caused by hospital
capacity and other health system challenges. While patients across a broad spectrum of …

Acute care demands have increased dramatically alongside stagnant hospital capacity, 1
and extremes of emergency department (ED) boarding have become endemic. 2 EDs are …

(1) Background: Older patients who attend emergency departments are frailer than younger
patients and are at a high risk of adverse outcomes;(2) Methods: To conduct this systematic …

Study objective We describe emergency department (ED) visit volume, illness severity, and
crowding metrics from the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic …

Background Emergency care workforce concerns have gained national prominence given
recent data suggesting higher than previously estimated attrition. With little known regarding …

Study objective The first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic brought substantial and
dynamic changes to emergency department volumes and throughput. The objective of this …

Emergency department (ED) crowding is a well-recognized threat to patient safety and it has
been repeatedly associated with increased mortality. Accurate forecasts of future service …

Importance Although discharges against medical advice (DAMA) are associated with greater
morbidity and mortality, little is known about current racial and ethnic disparities in DAMA …

Importance Emergency department (ED) boarding times have increased rapidly, but their
health equity outcomes are unknown. Objective To investigate whether prolonged ED …