Original contributionPatients who leave a pediatric emergency department without treatment
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Characterization of emergency department abandonment using a real-time location system
2020, American Journal of Emergency MedicineCitation Excerpt :Methods of capturing time to ED abandonment vary and are often not clearly described. Typically, the measurement process starts at the time of patient registration and ends at a point when ED staff recognize and document their departure, which is often only when the patient is called to a room and noted to have already left (a “latest possible” approach) [3,10,13]. Previous studies have measured overestimation of patient abandonment times at approximately 25 min between when the patient left and when they were noted to have left by recording in the chart [14], or simply stating that the “latest possible” approach inherently overestimates time waited [13].
Return visit characteristics among patients who leave without being seen from a pediatric ED
2012, American Journal of Emergency MedicineCitation Excerpt :There are, however, few studies that evaluate whether children who LWBS represent a high-risk population for deterioration after departure from the ED [6,8-10]. Also, most previous studies have focused on describing demographic characteristics and reasons for departure among patients who LWBS and attempted to identify clinical deterioration by telephone follow-up [6,8-11]. The rates of LWBS visits and of unscheduled visits to the ED have both been proposed as performance measures to indicate the quality of care delivered in this setting [12].
"Left Without Being Seen": A National Profile of Children Who Leave the Emergency Department Before Evaluation
2008, Annals of Emergency MedicineCitation Excerpt :Reports have shown prolonged wait time to be an important contributor to leave without being seen visits, potentially accounting for as many as 80% of cases.4-6,8-11 Other patient-reported factors in published studies include transportation difficulties, the belief that they can be seen sooner at another facility, improvement in symptoms, and responsibilities of work, school, or child care.4,5,8,10 A study examining public and private EDs found that EDs with a higher fraction of uninsured patients had a significantly higher rate of leave without being seen visits.9
Evaluation of Fast Track
2007, Accident and Emergency NursingThe left-without-being-seen patients: What would keep them from leaving?
2003, Annals of Emergency Medicine