Frequency and Trends of Pre-Pandemic Surge Periods in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2006–2019

OBJECTIVES:. To quantify the frequency, outside of the pandemic setting, with which individual healthcare facilities faced surge periods due to severe increases in demand for emergency department (ED) care. DESIGN:. Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:. U.S. EDs. PATIENTS:. All ED encounters in the...

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Main Authors: George L. Anesi, MD, MSCE, MBE, Ruiying (Aria) Xiong, MS, M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2023-08-01
Series:Critical Care Explorations
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000954