An interrupted time-series analysis of the impact of emergency department reconfiguration on regional emergency department trolley numbers in Ireland from 2005 to 2015

Objectives To understand the impact of emergency department (ED) reconfiguration on the number of patients waiting for hospital beds on trolleys in the remaining EDs in four geographical regions in Ireland using time-series analysis. Setting EDs in four Irish regions; the West, North-East, South and Mid-West from 2005 to 2015. Participants All patients counted as waiting on trolleys in an ED for a hospital bed in the study hospitals from 2005 to...