Protocol-driven emergency department observation units offer savings, shorter stays, and reduced admissions

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2149-2156

  Ross, Michael A ^a   Hockenberry, Jason M ^b,c   Mutter, Ryan ^d   Barrett, Marguerite ^e   Wheatley, Matthew ^a,f   Pitts, Stephen R ^a,g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service funded Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research   (United States)

^d Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality   (United States)

^e IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^f Grady Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^g Grady Memorial Hospital's Emergency Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ACUITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATCHFUL WAITING;

COST SAVINGS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84890185199     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0662     Document Type: Article

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