Operations Factors Associated with Emergency Department Length of Stay: Analysis of a National Operations Database.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prolonged emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) has been shown to adversely affect patient care. We sought to determine factors associated with ED LOS via analysis of a large, national, ED operations database.

Methods

We performed retrospective, multivariable, linear regression modeling using the 2019 Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance survey results to identify associated factors of ED LOS for admitted and discharged patients.

Results

A total of 1,052 general and adult-only EDs responded to the survey. Median annual volume was 40,946. The median admit and discharge LOS were 289 minutes and 147 minutes, respectively. R-squared values for the admit and discharge models were 0.63 and 0.56 with out-of-sample R-squared values of 0.54 and 0.59

SUBMITTER: Canellas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10047726 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature