title: Emergency department boarding and profit maximization for high-capacity hospitals: challenging conventional wisdom.
authors.forename: Jesse M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pines
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Heckman
mesh_terms: D003441:Crowding; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000191:economics*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008404:Massachusetts; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics*; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000191:economics; D010414:Pennsylvania; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000191:economics