Ambulance offload delay (AOD) occurs when care of incoming ambulance patients cannot
be transferred immediately from paramedics to staff in a hospital emergency department …

Aim. The aim of this paper is to present a feminist critique of the concept of patient
satisfaction. Background. Fiscal restraint, health care restructuring, shifting demographics …

Emergency departments in most developed countries have been experiencing significant
overcrowding under a regime of severe resource constraints. Physicians in emergency …

Objectives Weekly influenza‐like illness (ILI) consultation rates are an integral part of
influenza surveillance. However, in most health care settings, only a small proportion of true …

Objective: To examine changes in the rate of seeing patients between 1990 and 2004 and to
see whether performance might be related to patient age, using data held on the patient …

Objectives To review the current literature on the effects of ambulance diversion (AD).
Methods The authors performed a systematic review of AD and its effects. PubMed …

Objective We sought to estimate age‐specific hospitalization rates attributed to influenza
and other virus for adults. Methods Admissions from Canada's national hospitalization …

Objectives This study aimed to determine which factors contribute to frequent visits at the
emergency department (ED) and what proportion were inappropriate in comparison with …

Background: Ambulance diversion is a national problem that affects more than half of all
emergency departments (EDs). Although diversion was meant to be used for short periods of …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Emergency department (ED) ambulance diversion is a major issue in
many communities. When patients do not reach requested facilities, challenges in care are …