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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedLee DC, Carr BG, Smith TE
The impact of hospital closures and hospital and population characteristics on increasing emergency department volume: a geographic analysis.
The objective of this study was to test the association of hospital and population characteristics and the effect of hospital closures with increases in emergency department volume. Emergency volume increased nearly twice as fast at tertiary referral centers (4.8 percent) and nonurban hospitals (3.7 percent versus urban at 2.1 percent) after adjusting for other characteristics. The effect of hospital closures also strongly predicted variation in growth.
AHRQ-funded; HS018362; HS010914.
Citation: Lee DC, Carr BG, Smith TE .
The impact of hospital closures and hospital and population characteristics on increasing emergency department volume: a geographic analysis.
Popul Health Manag 2015 Dec;18(6):459-66. doi: 10.1089/pop.2014.0123.
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Keywords: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Department, Hospitals, Access to Care
Brady PW, Zix J, Brilli R
Developing and evaluating the success of a family activated medical emergency team: a quality improvement report.
The researchers aimed to develop a reliable process for family-activated medical emergency teams (METs) and to evaluate its effect on MET call rate and subsequent transfer to the intensive care unit (ICU). They found that children with family-activated METs were transferred to the ICU less commonly than those with clinician MET calls. Families, like clinicians, most commonly called MET for concerns of clinical deterioration; however, families also identified lack of response from clinicians and a dismissive interaction between team and family.
AHRQ-funded; HS021114.
Citation: Brady PW, Zix J, Brilli R .
Developing and evaluating the success of a family activated medical emergency team: a quality improvement report.
BMJ Qual Saf 2015 Mar;24(3):203-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003001.
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Keywords: Communication, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Hospitals, Children/Adolescents, Quality Improvement