Impact of strategies to improve flow and lower hospital admissions for low back pain in the emergency department: an interrupted time-series analysis
The improvement strategies did not significantly reduce admissions or LOS for people with LBP presenting to the ED, and based on the CIs, we cannot exclude that these increased.
Authors
- Michael O'Flynn
- Robin Haskins
- Bruce Donald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2706-3821)
- J. Smiles
- Jeremy Pallas
- Christopher Oldmeadow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6104-1322)
- Gustavo C Machado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8544-0448)
- Simon Davidson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2211-6592)
- D.M. Petković
- Nicole Feenan
- Steven James Kamper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3012-5499)
- Christopher Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8896-0978)
- Damien P. Smith
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Lismore Base Hospital (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (AU)
- Central Coast Local Health District (AU)
- Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital (AU)
- Hunter New England Local Health District (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2024-214082
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25