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dc.contributor.authorGilligan, P
dc.contributor.authorO'Kelly, P
dc.contributor.authorHegarty, D
dc.contributor.authorWinder, S
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-07T08:49:30Z
dc.date.available2011-04-07T08:49:30Z
dc.date.issued2009-01
dc.identifier.citationThe Transit/Admission Lounge study. 2009, 102 (1):19-21 Ir Med Jen
dc.identifier.issn0332-3102
dc.identifier.pmid19284013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/127634
dc.description.abstractIn response to persistent overcrowding of Emergency Departments in Ireland, the Department of Health and Health Service Executive provided funding for "Transit Lounge" areas to be built. These lounges were to provide a location for patients to wait in beds pending the availability of a ward bed. This research was performed to assess the impact of such a lounge on the overcrowding of the Emergency Department and on patient outcomes. The time period from the opening of the Transit Lounge was compared with the same period a year earlier. The Transit Lounge delivers a comfortable place for patients to wait. It does not reduce Emergency Department overcrowding and has been associated with an increased time waiting for a ward bed. The solution to overcrowding is the creation of real capacity in the system so that ward beds are available in acute hospitals for the "unscheduled unwell".
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.meshEmergency Service, Hospital
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Accessibility
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Needs and Demand
dc.subject.meshHospitalization
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIreland
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshTime Factors
dc.subject.meshWaiting Lists
dc.titleThe Transit/Admission Lounge study.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. peadargilligan@beaumont.ieen
dc.identifier.journalIrish medical journalen
dc.description.provinceLeinster
html.description.abstractIn response to persistent overcrowding of Emergency Departments in Ireland, the Department of Health and Health Service Executive provided funding for "Transit Lounge" areas to be built. These lounges were to provide a location for patients to wait in beds pending the availability of a ward bed. This research was performed to assess the impact of such a lounge on the overcrowding of the Emergency Department and on patient outcomes. The time period from the opening of the Transit Lounge was compared with the same period a year earlier. The Transit Lounge delivers a comfortable place for patients to wait. It does not reduce Emergency Department overcrowding and has been associated with an increased time waiting for a ward bed. The solution to overcrowding is the creation of real capacity in the system so that ward beds are available in acute hospitals for the "unscheduled unwell".


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