Timeliness of Care for High-acuity Conditions at Hospital-affiliated Freestanding Emergency Departments.
Avi BaehrCaroline LedbetterKelly J BookmanYang WangAdit A GindeJennifer L WilerPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)
Freestanding EDs provided more timely care than HEDs for visits with asthma exacerbation and less timely care for acute chest pain, stroke, and sepsis, although absolute differences were small. Even though STEMI patients at FREDs required transfer for catheterization, they tended to receive care in line with national guidelines.
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