Emergency Department Crowding: Time for Interventions and Policy Evaluations. (7th February 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boyle, Adrian; Beniuk, Kathleen; Higginson, Ian; Atkinson, Paul
• Other Names: Mauritz Walter Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Emergency medicine international. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-02-07
• Subjects: Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; Medical emergencies -- Periodicals; 616.025
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/838610
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-2840

Abstract

Abstract : This paper summarises the consequences of emergency department crowding. It provides a comparison of the scales used to measure emergency department crowding. We discuss the multiple causes of crowding and present an up-to-date literature review of the interventions that reduce the adverse consequences of crowding. We consider interventions at the level of an individual hospital and a policy level.