Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC
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J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad · Oct 2019
Observational StudyRamadan-Associated Circadian Census Variation In A Busy Middle Eastern Emergency Department.
An important goal for the Emergency Department operations is planning for changes in patient volume and assuring staffing accordingly. We hypothesized that understanding the Emergency Department census changes during the month-long Ramadan holiday each year could facilitate operations planning for Emergency Department's serving a largely Muslim population. ⋯ As compared to non-Ramadan baseline, Ramadan was associated with substantial changes in overall census and in proportions of various patient subgroups. Therefore, Emergency Department's serving large Muslim population should undertake studying major operations changes that can be expected for the month.