Access block and emergency department overcrowding
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Access block causes emergency department overcrowding and ambulance diversion in Perth, Western Australia.
OBJECTIVE Access block refers to the situation where patients in the emergency department (ED) requiring inpatient care are unable to gain access to appropriate hospital beds within a reasonable time frame. We systematically evaluated the relationship between access block, ED overcrowding, ambulance diversion, and ED activity. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of data from the Emergen...
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