A dedicated neurologist at the emergency department during out-of-office hours decreases patients' length of stay and admission percentages.
M C Christien van der LindenCrispijn L van den BrandIdo R van den WijngaardRoeline A Y de BeaufortN Naomi van der LindenKorné JellemaPublished in: Journal of neurology (2018)
In our hypothesis-generating study, a dedicated neurologist present at the ED during out-of-office hours was associated with decreased patients' LOS and a decreased admission percentage, indicating increased decisiveness when the neurologist is present at the ED.