Challenges and Contributing Factors to Emergency Department Overcrowding in Taiwan After the Lunar New Year Holiday: A 2024 Survey.
Reduced nursing staff and closure of general wards and ICU beds were strongly associated with prolonged waiting for beds and ED overcrowding after the Lunar New Year holiday. Current hospital-level measures have limited and temporary effects. A comprehensive approach integrating ED process optimization, hospital-wide management strategies, and community-level interventions is needed to improve bed allocation efficiency, strengthen nursing workforce sustainability, and alleviate overcrowding in Taiwan's EDs.
Authors
- Shyh‐Shyong Sim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8122-1109)
- Chien‐Chieh Hsieh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6478-4754)
- Ting-Li Tai
- Tai‐Ho Hung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2354-7060)
- Kuang‐Chau Tsai
- Yin-Chen Yeh
- San-Fang Chou
Institutions
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Yuan Ze University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.6705/j.jacme.202509_15(3).0002
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00