• J Emerg Med · Nov 1990

    The etiology of medical gridlock: causes of emergency department overcrowding in New York City.

    • E J Gallagher and S G Lynn.
    • Emergency Department, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY 10461.
    • J Emerg Med. 1990 Nov 1; 8 (6): 785-90.

    AbstractOvercrowding of emergency departments in New York City is the most apparent symptom of a crumbling health care system. There is a growing need for the care of a largely impoverished population suffering from an increasing prevalence of AIDS, substance abuse, and psychiatric disease. Institutions crippled by critical shortages of inpatient beds and nurses lack the resources to meet this rising demand. Although the epidemic of medical gridlock began in New York City, it is spreading rapidly to involve other areas of the country. Short-term efforts to resolve this crisis have thus far been unsuccessful. Long-range solutions are likely to be costly and may require a reconfiguration of societal health care priorities.

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