Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 126-136.e1, August 2008

Systematic Review of Emergency Department Crowding: Causes, Effects, and Solutions

  • Nathan R. Hoot, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Nathan R. Hoot, PhD, 400 Eskind Biomedical Library, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232; 615-936-3720, fax 615-936-1427
    • ,
  • Dominik Aronsky, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Department of Emergency Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Received 16 July 2007; received in revised form 26 January 2008; accepted 11 March 2008. published online 24 April 2008.

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 Supervising editor: David J. Magid, MD, MPH

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Dr. Hoot was supported by National Library of Medicine grant LM07450-02 and National Institute of General Medical Studies grant T32 GM07347. The research was also supported by National Library of Medicine grant R21 LM009002-01. The authors declare no conflicts of interest pertaining to the publication of this work.

 Publication dates: Available online April 23, 2008.

 Earn CME Credit: Continuing Medical Education for this article is available at: www.ACEP-EMedHome.com.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)00606-9

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.03.014

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 126-136.e1, August 2008

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