Patient characteristics associated with a prolonged length of stay in an Emergency Department in a large general hospital in the Netherlands.
- Conditions
- Crowding, Netherland, Dutch, Emergency Department, Patient characteristics
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21726
- Lead Sponsor
- Emile van der Have, Emergency Physician resident (co-founder, main researcher), Gideon Latten, Emergency Physician (founder),Zuyderland Medisch Centrum, (organisation)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All patients which visited our Emergency Department in 2014.
There will be two groups, a group with a length of stay shorter than 4 hours and a group with a lenth of stay of 4 hours or longer.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients without registration of time of arrival or departure.
Patients with an unreliable length of stay.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient characteristics/factors which are associated with a length of stay of 4 hours or longer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method