title: A strategy to manage overcrowding: development of an ED holding area.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency and Transport Services, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, USA. ltgantt@pcmh.com
authors.forename: Laura T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Gantt
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003441:Crowding; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D009657:North Carolina; D010343:Patient Admission; D016730:Program Development; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration; D014850:Waiting Lists