Abstract
Review question:
The question of this review is: what is the association between emergency department length of stay and patient outcomes?
More specifically, what is the association between the length of time a patient spends in the emergency department and outcomes, including, but not limited to: mortality, omitted episodes of care (e.g. non-administration of prescribed medication), adverse events, time to treatment (e.g. time to analgesia or time to operating theater), inpatient length of stay, leave without being seen rate and patient satisfaction?
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1361-1366 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Emergency department
- Patient outcomes
- Boarding
- Quality of care
- Length of stay