Open AccessAssociation between emergency department length of stay and patient outcomes: a systematic review protocol
Author(s) -
Luke Burgess,
Sonia Hines,
Kathryn Kynoch
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jbi database of systematic reviews and implementation reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 2202-4433
DOI - 10.11124/jbisrir-2017-003568
Subject(s) - emergency department , protocol (science) , association (psychology) , medicine , emergency medicine , medical emergency , psychology , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology , psychotherapist
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?