Trends in the supply of California's emergency departments and inpatient services, 2005-2014: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Given increasing demand for emergency care, there is growing concern over the availability of emergency department (ED) and inpatient resources. Existing studies of ED bed supply are dated and often overlook hospital capacity beyond ED settings. We described recent statewide trends in the capacity of ED and inpatient hospital services from 2005 to 2014.

Design

Retrospective analysis.

Setting

Using California hospital data, we examined the absolute and per admission changes in ED beds and inpatient beds in all hospitals from 2005 to 2014.

Participants

Our sample consisted of all patients inpatient and outpatient) from 501 hospital facilities over 10-year period.

Outcome measures

We analysed linear trends in the total annual ED visits, ED beds,

SUBMITTER: Chow JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5566591 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature