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ObjectivesThe objective was to assess the incidence of psychiatric visits among frequent emergency department (ED) users and utilization among frequent psychiatric users.
MethodsThis was a multicenter retrospective longitudinal study of 1.76 million adult ED visits from acute care hospitals serving the metropolitan San Diego region (2008 through 2010) using nonpublic data submitted to the Office...
Objectives: The objective was to evaluate the effect of mandated nurse–patient ratios (NPRs) on emergency department (ED) patient flow.
Methods: Two institutions implemented an electronic tracking system embedded within the electronic medical record (EMR) of two EDs (an academic urban, teaching medical center—Hospital A; and a suburban community hospital—Hospital B), with a combined census of 60,000/year,...
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