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Crowded EDs Associated with Patient Deaths, Increased LOS

Patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department during periods of high crowding died more often than similar patients admitted to the same hospital when the ED was less crowded.

Trustee Staff
January 1, 2013
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Patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department during periods of high crowding died more often than similar patients admitted to the same hospital when the ED was less crowded.

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