Delay to Admission From ED Tied to Increase in 30-Day Mortality

""This study demonstrates a time-associated linear increase in all-cause 30-day mortality for patients who remain in the emergency department for more than five hours from their time of arrival," the authors write. "This study confirms that health care policy makers should continue to mandate timely admission from the emergency department in order to protect patients from hospital-associated harm.""

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The Study

Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality | Emergency Medicine Journal

https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2022/01/03/emermed-2021-211572