title: A safety net with holes.
abstract: Hospital emergency departments are faced with serious overcrowding caused by a host of interconnected factors. As a result, many EDs are going "on diversion" more often, and what was once health care's safety net is beginning to unravel. What can trustees do?
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glabman
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011340:Problem Solving; D014341:Trustees; D014481:United States