ArticleYonsei medical journal2022
Effect of a Boarding Restriction Protocol on Emergency Department Crowding.
Article in Yonsei medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Emergency department crowding in the modern era: a systematic review (2018-2025).Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Boarding times of patients admitted to the Emergency Department of an Ethiopian hospital.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026Article
- Determinants of Emergency Department Length of Stay and the Mediation Effect of Disposition Among Injury Patients in South Korea: A Nationwide Retrospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Overcrowding in emergency departments: an overview of reviews describing global solutions and their outcomes.Internal and emergency medicine · 2024Review
- Emergency department overcrowding and its associated factors at HARME medical emergency center in Eastern Ethiopia.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2024Article
- Emergency department crowding: an overview of reviews describing measures causes, and harms.Internal and emergency medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeAccess block due to the lack of hospital beds causes crowding of emergency departments (ED). We initiated the "boarding restriction protocol" that limits the time of stay in the ED for patients awaiting hospitalization to 24 hours from arrival. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the boarding restriction protocol on ED crowding. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe primary outcome was ED occupancy rate, which was calculated as the ratio of the number of occupying patients to the total number of ED beds. Time factors, such as length of stay (LOS), treatment time, and boarding time, were investigated.
resultsThe mean of the ED occupancy rate decreased from 1.532±0.432 prior to implementation of the protocol to 1.273±0.353 after (
conclusionThe boarding restriction protocol was effective in alleviating ED crowding by reducing the accumulation of boarding patients in the ED during the weekdays.
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