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Objective
We evaluated the effect of emergency department (ED) census on disposition decisions made by ED physicians.
Methods
We performed a retrospective analysis using 18 months of all adult patient encounters seen in the main ED at an academic tertiary care center. Patient census information was calculated at the time of physician assignment for each individual patient and included the number...
ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the association between patient chief complaint and the time interval between patient rooming and resident physician self‐assignment (“pickup time”). We hypothesized that significant variation in pickup time would exist based on chief complaint, thereby uncovering resident preferences in patient presentations.
MethodsA retrospective medical record review was performed...