Crowding is one of the greatest threats to ED function, and most crowding is driven
by delays which occur after emergency medical care is finished and patients are waiting
for consultation, admission or transfer involving a different part of the hospital.
Multiple crowding-related interventions both inside and outside the ED have been described,
in a segment of the literature fraught with publication bias [
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: August 07, 2018
Accepted:
August 7,
2018
Received:
August 6,
2018
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© 2018 Published by Elsevier Inc.
