Turbulence in the system: Higher rates of left‐without‐being‐seen emergency department visits and associations with increased risks of adverse patient outcomes since 2020
The rate of short-term mortality or hospitalization after a LWBS ED visit has recently increased, despite fewer ED visits/month and similar proportion of post-ED outpatient encounters. This concerning signal should prompt interventions to address system- and population-level causes.
Authors
- Anna Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4614-7684)
- María Santiago‐Jiménez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-5109)
- Peter C. Austin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3337-233X)
- Amy Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7276-9551)
- Jessalyn K. Holodinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1748-5211)
- Moira K. Kapral (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3444-9928)
- Manav V. Vyas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2953-2540)
- Noreen Kamal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5957-2183)
- Clare Atzema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7236-5522)
- Mukesh Kumar
- Lei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3993-2193)
- Candace D. McNaughton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0095-9134)
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Toronto Public Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Sunnybrook Hospital (CA)
- Sunnybrook Research Institute
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.13299
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.84
Funders
- Sunnybrook Research Institute
- University of Toronto
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research