New Zealand's emergency department target - did it reduce ED length of stay, and if so, how and when?

• Main Authors: Tim Tenbensel (Author), Linda Chalmers (Author), Peter Jones (Author), Sarah Appleton-Dyer (Author), Lisa Walton (Author), Shanthi Ameratunga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In 2009, the New Zealand government introduced a hospital emergency department (ED) target - 95% of patients seen, treated or discharged within 6 h - in order to alleviate crowding in public hospital EDs. While these targets were largely met by 2012, research suggests that such t...