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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2023-08-01
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Series: | Critical Care Explorations |
Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000954 |