title: A review of inpatient ward location and the relationship to Medical Emergency Team calls.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the relationship between in-hospital location and patient outcomes as measured by Medical Emergency Team calls.
  
  
  METHODS
  A narrative systematic review of the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic search of the literature was conducted in October 2014 using the electronic databases: Embase, Cochrane, Medline, CINAHL, Science Direct and Google Scholar for the most recent literature from 1997 to 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  Non-randomised study designs such as case control or cohort studies were eligible. Articles were selected independently by two researchers using a predetermined selection criterion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The screening process removed manuscripts that did not meet the inclusion criteria resulting in an empty review with one manuscript meeting most of the criteria for inclusion. The protocol was revised to a narrative synthesis including a broader scope of studies. The search strategy was expanded and modified to include manuscripts of any study design that comprise both inlier and outlier patients. Two manuscripts were selected for the narrative synthesis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Two recently published studies investigated the incidence of MET calls for outlier patients, and whilst MET calls were increased in outlier hospital patients, definitive conclusions associated with patient outcomes cannot be made at this time due to paucity of studies.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, 2751, Australia. Electronic address: l.metcalfe@uws.edu.au.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Metcalfe
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, 2751, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McNally
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, 2751, Australia; Centre for Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Imperial College, Chelsea and Westminster Campus, London SW10 9NH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sheree M S
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D060731:Emergency Responders / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Inlier; Medical Emergency Team; Outlier; Overcrowding; Patient outcomes; Rapid Response Team