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ArticleOpen access emergency medicine : OAEM2021

Investigating Indicators of Waiting Time and Length of Stay in Emergency Departments.

Nojoud Al Nhdi, Hajar Al Asmari, Abdulellah Al Thobaity

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Article in Open access emergency medicine : OAEM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Nojoud Al NhdiNursing Department, Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Hajar Al AsmariNursing Department, Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulellah Al ThobaityNursing Department, Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2313-7355

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Abstract

purposeTo investigate potential indicators of patients' waiting time and length of stay in emergency departments (ED) at the Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in order to determine the causes of delayed patient care and to recommend clinical implications to achieve a better ED system. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis exploratory study was conducted in the EDs at four tertiary hospitals of MOH. A random sample of 1360 people was tested from December 2019 to February 2020. Data included patient Canadian Triage Acuity and System (CTAS) level, registration time, triage time, physician examination time, decision time, and disposition time. Descriptive statistics, multivariate analysis, multiple linear regression analysis and Pearson correlation were used according to SPSS (version 24).

resultsThe findings showed that 89.6% of total emergency patients were categorized as levels 3, 4 and 5. Around 73.5% of emergency patients stayed less than 4 hours due to registration or triage to disposition, while 26.5% of those patients stayed more than 4 hours.

conclusionThe majority of patients' total stay in EDs was less than 4 hours. According to ED international standard of length of stay, this is appropriate. The highest effective indicator in total length of stay was the decision to disposition time in EDs.

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Canadian Triage and Acuity Scaleemergency departmentindicatorslength of staywaiting time

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