Increased Emergency Department Boarding Times
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A Queuing-base Statistical Approximation of Hospital Emergency Department Boarding
A hospital Emergency Department’s (ED’s) wait times can be driven by high occupancy in its downstream InPatient hospital (IP). ED patients not admitted to the IP due to high IP occupancy or transfer delays are termed to be 'boarding' in the ED. ED boarding causes a decrease in ED service capacity, longer ED wait times, increased fractions of patients that leave without treatment, and increased ...
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