Emergency Department utilisation: A natural experiment

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1302, 2009, Pages 29-39

  Rademeyer, Cecelia ^a   Jones, Peter ^a   Dalziel, Stuart ^b   Clearwater, Garry ^c   Foley, Bernard ^a   Ghafel, Mazin ^d  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d Funding and Planning   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449487491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. ACEM. Australia's Emergency Dept's continue to decline in function, new "snapshot" reveals. Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. http://www.acem.org.au/media/media-releases/access-block-release-july-2007.pdf
2. Fatovich DM, Hirsch RL. Entry overload, emergency department overcrowding, and ambulance bypass. Emerg Med J. 2003;20(5):406-409.
3. Schneider SM, Gallery ME, Schafermeyer R, Zwemer FL. Emergency department crowding: a point in time. Ann Emerg Med. 2003;42(2):167-172. (Pubitemid 36899783)
4. Vilke GM, Brown L, Skogland P, et al. Approach to decreasing emergency department ambulance diversion hours. J Emerg Med. 2004;26(2):189-192. (Pubitemid 38234811)
5. Derlet R, Richards J, Kravitz R. Frequent overcrowding in U.S. emergency departments. Acad Emerg Med. 2001;8(2):151-155. (Pubitemid 32125337)
6. Derlet RW, Richards JR. Overcrowding in the nation's emergency departments: complex causes and disturbing effects. Ann Emerg Med. 2000;35(1):63-68.
7. Schull MJ, Morrison LJ, Vermeulen M, Redelmeier DA. Emergency department overcrowding and ambulance transport delays for patients with chest pain. CMAJ. 2003;168(3):277-283. (Pubitemid 36205194)
8. Schull MJ, Vermeulen M, Slaughter G, et al. Emergency department crowding and thrombolysis delays in acute myocardial infarction. Ann Emerg Med. 2004;44(6):577-585. (Pubitemid 39573174)
9. Sprivulis PC, Da Silva JA, Jacobs IG, et al. The association between hospital overcrowding and mortality among patients admitted via Western Australian emergency departments. Med J Aust. 2006;184(5):208-212.
10. du Chateau C. Emergency department hell. New Zealand Herald. 30/06/2007, 2007:2. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c-id=1&objectid= 10448789
11. du Chateau C. Bursting at the seams. New Zealand Herald. 23/06/2007, 2007:1. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c-id=1&objectid= 10447365
12. Johnston M. Patient waits 30 long hours for hospital bed New Zealand Herald. 22/08/2007, 2007:2. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c- id=204&objectid=10459147
13. Johnston M. Hospitals failing treatment deadlines New Zealand Herald. 22/09/2007, 2007:3. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c-id= 1&objectid=10465255
14. Johnston M. Corridor patients at risk of death New Zealand Herald. 03/07/2007, 2007:1. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c-id= 1&objectid=10449234
15. ACEP. How Overcrowding Affects Your Access to Emergency Care: American College of Emergency Physicians. http://www.acep.org/pressroom.aspx? LinkIdentifier=id&id=25906&fid=3496&Mo=No&acep Title=How%20Overcrowding%20Affects%20Your%20Access%20to%20Emergency%20Car e
16. Lambe S, Washington DL, Fink A, et al. Trends in the use and capacity of California's emergency departments, 1990-1999. Ann Emerg Med. 2002;39(4):389-396
17. Statistics New Zealand Census. http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/default. htm
18. Finison LJ, Finison KS, Bliersbach CM. The use of control charts to improve healthcare quality. J Healthc Qual. 1993;15(1):9-23.
19. StatisticsNZ. Statistics New Zealand: Statistics by Area. http://www.stats.govt.nz/statisticsby- area/default.htm
20. Han JH, Zhou C, France DJ, et al. The effect of emergency department expansion on emergency department overcrowding. Acad Emerg Med. 2007;14(4):338-343. (Pubitemid 46464033)
21. Roemer MI. Bed supply and hospital utilization: a natural experiment. Hospitals. 1961;35:36-42.
22. MOH. A Portrait of Health: Key results of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey. New Zealand Ministry of Health. http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/0/ 3D15E13BFE803073CC256EEB0073CFE6