Assessed and discharged - diagnosis, mortality and revisits in short-term emergency department contacts

• Main Authors: Hassan Al-Mashat (Author), Tim A. Lindskou (Author), Jørn M. Møller (Author), Marc Ludwig (Author), Erika F. Christensen (Author), Morten B. Søvsø (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Emergency departments (EDs) experience an increasing number of patients. High patient flow are incentives for short duration of ED stay which may pose a challenge for patient diagnostics and care implying risk of ED revisits or increased mortality. Four hours are often used as a...