Counter misleading data: adjust for patient acuity, indirect nursing hours.
Productivity standards used to evaluate ED efficiency often overlook needs for added staff brought on by higher patient acuity and added demands on nursing time not related to individual patients.
D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000592:standards; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000592:standards*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload