ArticleFrontiers in public health2022
Influence of Weekday and Seasonal Trends on Urgency and In-hospital Mortality of Emergency Department Patients.
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- Patterns in Duration of Emergency Department Boarding and Variation by Sociodemographic Factors.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of sporting, cultural and social events on emergency admissions: a retrospective multicenter study.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- Assessing the Impact of External and Internal Factors on Emergency Department Overcrowding.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Analyzing the association between heat and utilization of inpatient care: evidence from Dresden University Hospital (Germany).BMC public health · 2025Article
- Prior Outpatient Care Use in Emergency Department Patients with Low- and High-acuity Conditions in Germany.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
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- Utilization of acute medical services in general practice: a retrospective routine data analysis.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Adaptation of J-SPEED for the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Republic of Uzbekistan: retrospective analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Breaking the chains in plato's cave: acute care in general practice.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Analysis and Distribution of Emergency Cases at One of Mexico's Largest Hospitals and Trauma Centers.Cureus · 2025Article
- Variation in Emergency Department Physician Admitting Practices and Subsequent Mortality.JAMA internal medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Given the scarcity of resources, the increasing use of emergency departments (ED) represents a major challenge for the care of emergency patients. Current health policy interventions focus on restructuring emergency care with the help of patient re-direction into outpatient treatment structures. A precise analysis of ED utilization, taking into account treatment urgency, is essential for demand-oriented adjustments of emergency care structures. Methods: Temporal and seasonal trends in the use of EDs were investigated, considering treatment urgency and hospital mortality. Secondary data of 287,119 ED visits between 2015 and 2017 of the two EDs of Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow Klinikum were analyzed. Result: EDs were used significantly more frequently on weekends than on weekdays (Mdn = 290 vs. 245 visits/day; Conclusion: These results suggest that, in particular, the resource planning of outpatient emergency treatment capacities on weekends and holidays should be adapted to the increased volume of non-urgent visits in EDs. Nevertheless, treatment capacities for the care of urgent, inpatient emergencies should not be disregarded and further research projects are necessary to investigate the causes of increased mortality during holiday periods.
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