• Home
  • Browse
    • Current Issue
    • By Issue
    • By Author
    • By Subject
    • Author Index
    • Keyword Index
  • Journal Info
    • About Journal
    • Aims and Scope
    • Editorial Board
    • Publication Ethics
    • Related Links
    • Peer Review Process
    • News
  • Guide for Authors
  • Submit Manuscript
  • Contact Us
 
  • Login
  • Register
Home Articles List Article Information
  • Save Records
  • |
  • Printable Version
  • |
  • Recommend
  • |
  • How to cite Export to
    RIS EndNote BibTeX APA MLA Harvard Vancouver
  • |
  • Share Share
    CiteULike Mendeley Facebook Google LinkedIn Twitter
Journal of High Institute of Public Health
arrow Articles in Press
arrow Current Issue
Journal Archive
Volume Volume 54 (2024)
Volume Volume 53 (2023)
Volume Volume 52 (2022)
Volume Volume 51 (2021)
Volume Volume 50 (2020)
Issue Issue 3
Issue Issue 2
Issue Issue 1
Volume Volume 49 (2019)
Volume Volume 48 (2018)
Volume Volume 47 (2017)
Volume Volume 46 (2016)
Volume Volume 45 (2015)
Volume Volume 44 (2014)
Volume Volume 43 (2013)
Volume Volume 42 (2012)
Volume Volume 41 (2011)
Volume Volume 40 (2010)
Volume Volume 39 (2009)
Volume Volume 38 (2008)
Volume Volume 37 (2007)
Volume Volume 36 (2006)
Volume Volume 35 (2005)
Volume Volume 34 (2004)
Volume Volume 33 (2003)
Volume Volume 32 (2002)
Volume Volume 31 (2001)
Volume Volume 30 (2000)
Volume Volume 29 (1999)
Mosallam, R., Kandil, M. (2020). Emergency Department Crowding of a General Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt. Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 50(1), 52-57. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.85910
Rasha A. Mosallam; Mohamed Kandil. "Emergency Department Crowding of a General Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt". Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 50, 1, 2020, 52-57. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.85910
Mosallam, R., Kandil, M. (2020). 'Emergency Department Crowding of a General Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt', Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 50(1), pp. 52-57. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.85910
Mosallam, R., Kandil, M. Emergency Department Crowding of a General Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt. Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2020; 50(1): 52-57. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.85910

Emergency Department Crowding of a General Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt

Article 8, Volume 50, Issue 1, April 2020, Page 52-57  XML PDF (253.89 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.85910
View on SCiNiTO View on SCiNiTO
Authors
Rasha A. Mosallam email 1; Mohamed Kandil2
1Department of Health Administration and Behavioral Sciences, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt
2Department of Emergency Medical Care, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, KSA
Abstract
Background: Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding has been described as a major public health problem regarding its impact on the outcome of healthcare process.
Objective(s): To measure the level of ED crowding using the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Scale (NEDOCS) and ED occupancy.
Methods: An Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in the ED of a 144 bed general hospital in Alexandria, Egypt among 168 sampling instances of ED visits. NEDOCS score (developed by Weiss et al.) was calculated using a web-based calculator and the occupancy rate was calculated as the total number of ED patients divided by the number of licensed ED beds.
Results: The mean NEDOCS score ranged from 19 to 200 indicating an overcrowded status in 59.3% of occasions. The ED occupancy ranged from 18.18 % to 272.73 % and exceeded 100 % in 66 % of measurements.  The average NEDOCS score, ED occupancy and number of Left without being Seen (LWBS) differed significantly per hour  being highest from 10 A.M. till 14 P.M. (p= 0.000) while only the average NEDOCS score number and LWBS patients differed by weekday (p=0.004 and 0.005 respectively). The daily number of LWBS patients showed a moderate positive correlation with NEDOCS score (Spearman’s rho = 0.648, p= .0000) and the ED occupancy (Spearman’s rho = 0.650, p < .001)
Conclusion: There is a high level of ED overcrowding and ED occupancy which is affected by time of the day and the weekday. Overcrowding is associated with more LWBS patients.
Keywords
Emergency department crowding; NEDOCS; LWBS; ED occupancy
Statistics
Article View: 564
PDF Download: 664
Home | Glossary | News | Aims and Scope | Sitemap
Top Top

Journal Management System. Designed by NotionWave.