Estimates of throughput and utilization at freestanding compared to low-volume hospital-based emergency departments.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our investigation compared throughput metrics and utilization measures for freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs) versus hospital-based emergency departments (HBEDs) of similar volumes in the United States.

Methods

This study is a cross sectional survey of 183 FSEDs and 317 HBEDs located across the United States using the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance (EDBA) Database. We measured common emergency department (ED) throughput metrics. Primary outcomes included overall length of stay, length of stay for admitted, and length of stay for treated and released patients. Outcomes were weighted based on the proportion of ED volume per facility as per a prior pilot study. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to adjust for measured differences between

SUBMITTER: Dark C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7771828 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature