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Estimating the Degree of Emergency Department Overcrowding in Academic Medical Centers: Results of the National ED Overcrowding Study (NEDOCS)

Steven J. Weiss, Robert W. Derlet, Jeanine Arndahl, Amy A. Ernst, John R. Richards, Madonna Fernández‐Frankelton, Robert Schwab, Thomas O. Stair, Peter Vicellio, David N. Levy,

Academic Emergency Medicine · 2004 · 368 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Overcrowding varied widely between academic centers during the study period. Results of a five-question reduced model are valid and accurate in predicting the degree of overcrowding in academic centers.

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