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National trends in emergency department occupancy, 2001 to 2008: effect of inpatient admissions versus emergency department practice intensity.
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Although hospital admission generated longer ED stays than any other factor, it did not influence the steep trend in occupancy, and Sociodemographic changes account for some of the increase, but practice intensity is the principal factor driving increasing occupancy levels.About:
This article is published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.The article was published on 2012-12-01. It has received 222 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Emergency department.read more
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Trends in Mortality for Medicare Beneficiaries Treated in the Emergency Department From 2009 to 2016.
Laura G. Burke,Laura G. Burke,Stephen K. Epstein,Stephen K. Epstein,Ryan C. Burke,E. John Orav,Ashish K. Jha +6 more
TL;DR: Mortality within 30 days of an ED visit appears to have declined among Medicare beneficiaries receiving ED care in the United States, particularly for patients with the highest severity of illness, even as fewer patients are being admitted from anED visit.
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The relationship between emergency department crowding and patient outcomes: a systematic review.
TL;DR: A systematic review of studies published in the past decade that pertained to emergency department crowding and the following patient outcome measures found that ED crowding is associated with higher rates of patients leaving the ED without being seen.
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Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury Pilot: Multicenter Implementation of the Common Data Elements for Traumatic Brain Injury
John K. Yue,Mary J. Vassar,Hester F. Lingsma,Shelly R. Cooper,David O. Okonkwo,Alex B. Valadka,Wayne A. Gordon,Andrew I R Maas,Pratik Mukherjee,Esther L. Yuh,Ava M. Puccio,David M. Schnyer,Geoffrey T. Manley,Scott S. Casey,Maxwell Cheong,Kristen Dams-O'Connor,Allison J. Hricik,Emily E. Knight,Edwin S. Kulubya,David K. Menon,Diane Morabito,Jennifer Pacheco,Tuhin K. Sinha +22 more
TL;DR: Having demonstrated the feasibility of implementing the TBI-CDEs through successful recruitment and multidimensional data collection, the infrastructure was established for building data repositories for clinical data, plasma biomarkers, genetics, neuroimaging, andMultidimensional outcome measures to create a high quality and accessible information commons for TBI research.
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The burden of acute heart failure on U.S. emergency departments.
Alan B. Storrow,Cathy A. Jenkins,Wesley H. Self,Pauline T Alexander,Tyler W. Barrett,Jin H. Han,Candace D. McNaughton,Benjamin S. Heavrin,Mihai Gheorghiade,Sean P. Collins +9 more
TL;DR: A very high proportion of ED patients with AHF are admitted nationally, with significant variation in disposition and procedural decisions based on region of the country and type of insurance, even after adjusting for potential confounding.
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Emergency Physician Perceptions of Medically Unnecessary Advanced Diagnostic Imaging
Hemal K. Kanzaria,Hemal K. Kanzaria,Hemal K. Kanzaria,Jerome R. Hoffman,Marc A. Probst,John P. Caloyeras,John P. Caloyeras,Sandra H. Berry,Robert H. Brook +8 more
TL;DR: Solutions most commonly felt to be "extremely" or "very" helpful for reducing unnecessary imaging included malpractice reform, increased patient involvement through education and shared decision-making and improved education of physicians on diagnostic testing.
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National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 emergency department summary.
TL;DR: The number of visits considered emergent or urgent (15.9 million) did not change significantly from 2005, nor did the number of patients arriving by ambulance (18.4 million).
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Bringing context back into epidemiology: variables and fallacies in multilevel analysis
TL;DR: The present paper discusses the need to include group- or macro-level variables in epidemiologic studies, thus incorporating multiple levels of determination in the study of health outcomes, and suggests multilevel analysis holds potential for reemphasizing the role of macro- level variables in shaping health and disease in populations.
Regression with Missing X's: A Review
TL;DR: Regression With Missing X's: A Review Author(s): Roderick J. A.
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The effect of emergency department crowding on clinically oriented outcomes
Steven L. Bernstein,Dominik Aronsky,Reena Duseja,Stephen K. Epstein,Dan Handel,Ula Hwang,Melissa L. McCarthy,K. John McConnell,Jesse M. Pines,Niels K. Rathlev,Robert W. Schafermeyer,Frank L. Zwemer,Michael J. Schull,Brent R. Asplin +13 more
TL;DR: A growing body of data suggests that ED crowding is associated both with objective clinical endpoints, such as mortality, as well as clinically important processes of care,such as time to treatment for patients with time-sensitive conditions such as pneumonia.
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National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2007 Emergency Department Summary
TL;DR: This report presents data on U.S. emergency department (ED) visits in 2007, with statistics on hospital, patient, and visit characteristics, using data from the 2007 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
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