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Study Objective<\/strong> — To develop an operational definition and a parsimonious list of postulated determinants for urban emergency department (ED) overcrowding.<\/p>\n

Methods<\/strong> — A panel was formed from clinical and administrative experts in pre-hospital, ED and hospital domains. Key studies and reports were reviewed in advance by panel members, an experienced health services researcher facilitated the panel's discussions, and a formal content analysis of audiotaped recordings was conducted.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong> — The panel considered community, patient, ED and hospital determinants of overcrowding. Of 46 factors postulated in the literature, 21 were not retained by the experts as potentially important determinants of overcrowding. Factors not retained included access to primary care services and seasonal influenza outbreaks. Key determinants retained included admitted patients awaiting beds and patient characteristics. Ambulance diversion was considered to be an appropriate operational definition and proxy measure of ED overcrowding.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong> — These results help to clarify the conceptual framework around ED overcrowding, and may provide a guide for future research. The relative importance of the determinants must be assessed by prospective studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Study Objective — To develop an operational definition and a parsimonious list of postulated determinants for urban emergency department (ED) overcrowding. Methods — A panel was formed from clinical and administrative experts in pre-hospital, ED and hospital domains. Key studies and reports were reviewed in advance by panel members, an experienced health services researcher facilitated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","migration-helper-automated":[],"migration-manual":[],"topic":[24,62],"migration-helper-qa-sample-set":[],"class_list":["post-5417","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry","topic-acute-and-emergency-services","topic-health-services-research"],"acf":{"citation":"Schull MJ, Slaughter PM, Redelmeier DA. CJEM<\/em>. 2002; 4(2):76-83.","source_url":"","ices_scientist":[1368,1337],"site":[6733],"research_program":[6740],"news_release":[],"journal_article":[],"atlas":[],"research_report":[],"infographic":[],"video":[],"downloads":null,"links":null,"sitecore_item_id":"FD1C7A35-4B72-4DE8-B1EC-B7342AD1112A","sitecore_item_name":"Urban-emergency-department-overcrowding-defining-the-problem-and-eliminating-misconceptions","sitecore_field_values":"{\n \"Title\": \"Urban emergency department overcrowding: defining the problem and eliminating misconceptions\",\n \"Short title\": \"Urban emergency department\",\n \"Citation\": \"

Schull MJ, Slaughter PM, Redelmeier DA. CJEM<\/em>. 2002; 4(2):76-83.<\/p>\",\n \"Abstract\": \"

Study Objective<\/strong> — To develop an operational definition and a parsimonious list of postulated determinants for urban emergency department (ED) overcrowding.<\/p>rn

Methods<\/strong> — A panel was formed from clinical and administrative experts in pre-hospital, ED and hospital domains. Key studies and reports were reviewed in advance by panel members, an experienced health services researcher facilitated the panel's discussions, and a formal content analysis of audiotaped recordings was conducted.<\/p>rn

Results<\/strong> — The panel considered community, patient, ED and hospital determinants of overcrowding. Of 46 factors postulated in the literature, 21 were not retained by the experts as potentially important determinants of overcrowding. Factors not retained included access to primary care services and seasonal influenza outbreaks. Key determinants retained included admitted patients awaiting beds and patient characteristics. Ambulance diversion was considered to be an appropriate operational definition and proxy measure of ED overcrowding.<\/p>rn

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