Did Not Wait Patients: Low‐Risk for Admission and Deterioration
The majority of DNW episodes did not result in clinical deterioration or related hospital admission. These findings support existing evidence that challenges the assumption of high risk among DNW patients and suggest that health systems should re-evaluate performance metrics and resource investments focused on reducing DNW episodes of care.
Authors
- Sonia Heppell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2518-0821)
- Michael Greenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0014-7670)
- Daniel Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5430-0408)
- Jonathan Storrar
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Dubbo Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70134
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00