title: Changes in patient mortality based on increased patient load in the emergency department.
abstract: Being able to better understand the effects of emergency department overcrowding can improve patient outcome. We propose to evaluate various predictors of mortality based on our ability to identify at what point an ED becomes too busy causing decreased quality of care. The study aims to utilize information from hospital records and statewide death records to find significant increases in mortality associated with presenting to the ED during a busy period of time.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Informatics, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Sheraz F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Noormohammad
authors.forename: Sheraz Fakhruddin
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Noor Mohammad
authors.forename: Shaun J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Grannis
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Finnell
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003644:Death Certificates; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007196:Indiana; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009026:Mortality; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*