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Cohort study of access block trends in a public, regional hospital Emergency Centre in South Africa
Background: Access block is one of the most serious and frequently encountered system problems in the specialty of Emergency Medicine and, although well described internationally, within the South African setting limited research has been performed on the phenomenon. Objectives: To describe the …
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In-hospital bed occupancy and the emergency department - effects on decisions about the level of care
… Unavailability of inpatient beds (so-called “access block,” or “hospital crowding”) impairs ED output and is associated with increased waiting times in the ED, especially for patients awaiting hospital admission (“boarding”). Access block has also been suspected to induce an admission-bias, …