title: Emergency department crowding as a health policy issue: past development, future directions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. lynne.richardson@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Lynne D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Brent R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Asplin
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D003441:Crowding; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009309:National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.; D014481:United States