Protocol-Driven Emergency Department Observation Units Offer Savings, Shorter Stays, And Reduced Admissions

Volume: 32, Issue: 12, Pages: 2149 - 2156
Published: Dec 1, 2013
Abstract
Many patients who seek emergency department (ED) treatment are not well enough for immediate discharge but are not clearly sick enough to warrant full inpatient admission. These patients are increasingly treated as outpatients using observation services. Hospitals employ four basic approaches to observation services, which can be categorized by the presence or absence of a dedicated observation unit and of defined protocols. To understand which...
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Title
Protocol-Driven Emergency Department Observation Units Offer Savings, Shorter Stays, And Reduced Admissions
Published Date
Dec 1, 2013
Volume
32
Issue
12
Pages
2149 - 2156
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