Emergency Departments in Contemporary Healthcare: Are They Still for Emergencies? An Analysis of over 1 Million Attendances
Over the past 5 years, there has been a consistent upward trend in ED attendances by non-urgent patients. Healthcare policies should consider implementing strategies to manage or mitigate the overload in EDs, particularly related to non-urgent patient accesses.
Authors
- Gianni Turcato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8890-4113)
- Matthias Georg Ziller
- Serena Sibilio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0223-3399)
- Arian Zaboli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4204-8884)
- Gloria Brigiari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7274-4373)
- Magdalena Massar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6295-6241)
- Francesco Brigo
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Ospedale di Bolzano (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2024-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12232426
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.29