Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Its Associated Factors at Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia.
Abdulwahid Awol AhmedShemsedin Amme IbroGemechis MelkamuSheka Shemsi SeidTemamen TesfayePublished in: Open access emergency medicine : OAEM (2020)
A significant proportion of patients experienced a prolonged stay at the emergency department. Age, rural residency, evening and night-time presentation, shift change and having a diagnostic investigation were predictors of prolonged stay. Thus, establishing time-targeted service for patients can reduce the length of stay.