Observation unit use among patients with cancer following emergency department visits: Results of a multicenter prospective cohort from CONCERN.
Adam D KlotzJeffrey M CaterinoDanielle DurhamJuan Felipe RicoDaniel J PallinCorita R GrudzenCaroline McNaughtonIsabelle MarcelinBeau AbarDavid AdlerAveh BastaniSteven L BernsteinJason J BischofChristopher J CoyneDaniel J HenningMatthew F HudsonGary H LymanTroy E MadsenCielito C Reyes-GibbyRichard J RyanNathan I ShapiroRobert SworCharles R ThomasArvind VenkatJason WilsonSai-Ching Jim YeungSule YilmazRobin StutmanChristopher W BaughPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2021)
In this multicenter prospective cohort study, the discrepancy between observation unit care use and short inpatient hospitalization may represent underutilization of this resource and a target for process change.