Association between emergency department length of stay and patient outcomes: a systematic review protocol.
JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2018 Jun;16(6):1361-1366
Authors: Burgess L, Hines S, Kynoch K
Abstract
REVIEW QUESTION: The question of this review is: what is the association between emergency department length of stay and patient outcomes?More specifically, what is the association between the length of time a patient spends in the emergency department and outcomes, including, but not limited to: mortality, omitted episodes of care (e.g. non-administration of prescribed medication), adverse events, time to treatment (e.g. time to analgesia or time to operating theater), inpatient length of stay, leave without being seen rate and patient satisfaction?
PMID: 29894404 [PubMed - in process]