Characteristics and outcomes of emergency department patients across health care systems: an international multicenter cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A wide variation of emergency medical system configurations across countries has limited the value of comparison of quality and performance measures in the past. Furthermore, lack of quantitative data on EDs prevents definition of the problems and possibilities for data driven improvement of quality of care. Therefore, the objective is to describe and compare Emergency Department (ED) populations and characteristics, and their outcomes in the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia, using a recently developed template for uniform reporting of standardized measuring and describing of care provided in the ED (structure, staffing and governance, population, process times and outcomes).

Methods

This international multicenter cohort included all consecutive ED visits from N

SUBMITTER: de Groot B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437790 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature