Experiment To Decrease Neighborhood Poverty Had Limited Effects On Emergency Department Use

Non-emergent Hospital Emergency Department Use and Neighborhood Poverty in Rhode Island, 2008-2012.

queuing theory to decrease waiting times in emergency department

Analysis of Emergency Department Queue System Performance: Simulation Approach Based on Experiment Design

Background: Simulation is an appropriate technique for analyzing and evaluating the dynamic behavior of complex systems. The present study aimed to develop an integrated model using a simulation approach based on designing experiments to analyze performance of the admission queue system of patients, who referred to the emergency department of the Modarres hospital. Methods: In this descriptive...

Queuing Theory to Decrease Waiting Times in Emergency Department

Regarding the article: Application of queuing theory to decrease waiting times in emergency department: Does it make sense? published in Archives of Trauma Research (1), I would like to make some comments. Although results of the study by Alavi-Moghaddam et al. using queuing theory are particularly interesting to analyze the impact of a new strategy to reduce waiting times before implementing i...

Emergency department use and barriers to wellness: a survey of emergency department frequent users

BACKGROUND There is no common understanding of how needs of emergency department (ED) frequent users differ from other patients. This study sought to examine how to best serve this population. Examinations of why ED frequent users present to the ED, what barriers to care exist, and what service offerings may help these patients achieve an optimal level of health were conducted. METHODS We per...