• Emerg Med J · Sep 2013

    The effect of admitted patients in the emergency department on rates of hospital admissions.

    • Eoin M Fogarty and Fergal Cummins.
    • REDSPoT, Emergency Department, University of Limerick Hospital, Limerick, Ireland. eoinmfogarty@yahoo.com
    • Emerg Med J. 2013 Sep 1; 30 (9): 766-7.

    AbstractEmergency Department overcrowding with admitted inpatients is a common international occurrence. We undertook a retrospective review to compare patient admission rates from patients presenting to our Emergency Department with the level of overcrowding with admitted inpatients on that particular day in the Emergency Department. Over the 2-year study period there was no change in the rate or absolute number of admissions per day compared with the level of inpatient overcrowding.

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