Mathematical Modeling of the Impact of Hospital Occupancy : When Do Dwindling Hospital Beds Cause ED Gridlock?

Objectives. The time emergency department (ED) patients spend from presentation to admittance is known as their length of stay (LOS). This study aimed to quantify the inpatient occupancy rate (InptOcc)/ED LOS relationship and develop a methodology for identifying resource-allocation triggers using I...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Advances in Emergency Medicine 2014-07, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-5
Hauptverfasser:	Whelan, Lori, Burns, Boyd, Brantley, Michael, Haas, Tyler, Arthur, Annette O., Thomas, Stephen H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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