Association among Emergency Department Volume Changes, Length of Stay, and Leaving Before Treatment Complete

Daniel Handel; Benjamin Sun; James J. Augustine; Charles M. Shufflebarger; Rongwei Fu

doi:10.1080/00185868.2015.1084814

Association among Emergency Department Volume Changes, Length of Stay, and Leaving Before Treatment Complete

Daniel Handel, Benjamin Sun, James J. Augustine, Charles M. Shufflebarger, Rongwei Fu

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Abstract

The authors examined the association between the size of an emergency department (ED), volume increases over time, length of stay (LOS), and left before treatment complete (LBTC). EDs participating in the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance providing at least two years of data from 2004 to 2011 were included in the analysis. The impact of volume on LOS and LBTC varied depending on annual ED volume. Based on this, EDs can anticipate better how changes in volume will impact patient throughput in the future.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	53-59
Number of pages	7
Journal	Hospital topics
Volume	93
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00185868.2015.1084814
State	Published - 2015

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emergency department
emergency department crowding
leaving before treatment complete
length of stay

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General Medicine

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