Here are 11 studies on emergency department visits from the past two months, beginning with the most recent.
1. Increased practice intensity — such as increased use of advanced imaging and more frequent blood testing — may be contributing to an increase in emergency department crowding, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
2. Longer emergency department length of stay was associated with greater daily admissions, periods of ambulance diversion and weekdays, according to a study in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
3. Patients' perceptions of the urgency of their condition and the availability and capacity of alternative care providers may contribute to the high number of patients with minor problems visiting the emergency department, according to a study in Emergency Medical Journal.
4. Research published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests certain factors, including a hospital's location, may unfairly penalize organizations that do not meet emergency department throughput measures approved by the National Quality Forum.
5. Roughly 20 percent of patients aged 18 to 64 who visited the emergency room in the past 12 months but were not admitted went to the ER on the advice of their health provider, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
6. From January to June 2011, among adults aged 18 to 64 who visited the emergency room in the past 12 months but were not admitted to a hospital, 79.7 percent visited the ER due to a lack of access to other providers, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
7. Psychiatric patients' emergency department length of stay was 11.5 hours on average, according to a study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
8. People aged 19 to 25 with public insurance were more likely than their uninsured counterparts to have had an emergency room visit in the past 12 months, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
9. A demonstration project in New Jersey reduced the number of non-emergency visits at two hospital emergency departments in the state by 22 percent, according to an AHA News Now report.
10. Substance abuse is associated with frequent emergency department visits, according to an Annals of Emergency Medicine study.
11. Hospitals can use data to develop tools that accurately predict emergency department visits, according to a study in Emergency Medicine Journal.
1. Increased practice intensity — such as increased use of advanced imaging and more frequent blood testing — may be contributing to an increase in emergency department crowding, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
2. Longer emergency department length of stay was associated with greater daily admissions, periods of ambulance diversion and weekdays, according to a study in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
3. Patients' perceptions of the urgency of their condition and the availability and capacity of alternative care providers may contribute to the high number of patients with minor problems visiting the emergency department, according to a study in Emergency Medical Journal.
4. Research published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests certain factors, including a hospital's location, may unfairly penalize organizations that do not meet emergency department throughput measures approved by the National Quality Forum.
5. Roughly 20 percent of patients aged 18 to 64 who visited the emergency room in the past 12 months but were not admitted went to the ER on the advice of their health provider, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
6. From January to June 2011, among adults aged 18 to 64 who visited the emergency room in the past 12 months but were not admitted to a hospital, 79.7 percent visited the ER due to a lack of access to other providers, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
7. Psychiatric patients' emergency department length of stay was 11.5 hours on average, according to a study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
8. People aged 19 to 25 with public insurance were more likely than their uninsured counterparts to have had an emergency room visit in the past 12 months, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
9. A demonstration project in New Jersey reduced the number of non-emergency visits at two hospital emergency departments in the state by 22 percent, according to an AHA News Now report.
10. Substance abuse is associated with frequent emergency department visits, according to an Annals of Emergency Medicine study.
11. Hospitals can use data to develop tools that accurately predict emergency department visits, according to a study in Emergency Medicine Journal.