U.S., April 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07532564) titled 'Risk Factors, Costs, and Impacts of ED Boarding' on April 09.
Brief Summary: The goal of this observational study is to learn about the risk factors, costs, and operational impacts of emergency department boarding (patients admitted to the hospital but remaining in the emergency department awaiting placement on an inpatient floor)
The main questions it aims to answer is:
1. What characteristics of patients make them more likely to experience ED boarding?
2. What is the impact of ED boarding on costs of health care?
3. How do high-boarding environments affect the clinical care of all patients in the emergency department, includi...