Emergency department crowding and risk of preventable medical errors

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-180

  Epstein, Stephen K ^a   Huckins, David S ^b   Liu, Shan W ^c   Pallin, Daniel J ^d   Sullivan, Ashley F ^c   Lipton, Robert I ^a,e   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Emergency services; Medical errors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROWDING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859420932     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0702-8     Document Type: Article

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