Emergency Department Crowding Is Associated With Decreased Quality of Care for Children

R. Sills, Marion; L. Fairclough, Diane; Ranade, Daksha; G. Kahn, Michael

doi:10.1097/pec.0b013e31822c1382

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Emergency Department Crowding Is Associated With Decreased Quality of Care for Children

Published in Pediatric Emergency Care • Sep 1, 2011

Authors:

Marion R. Sills

Diane L. Fairclough

Daksha Ranade

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine which of several simple indicators of emergency department crowding are most predictive of quality of care in 2 pediatric disease models: acute asthma and pain associated with long-bone fractures. METHODS: We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional study of patie...

Subject

Medicine

Crowding

Emergency department

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