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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Advertising Emergency Department Wait Times
关键词: emergency medicine;    emergency department;    clinical practice;    ED administration;    public health;   
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来源: DOAJ
【 摘 要 】

Advertising emergency department (ED) wait times has become a common practice in the UnitedStates. Proponents of this practice state that it is a powerful marketing strategy that can help steerpatients to the ED. Opponents worry about the risk to the public health that arises from a patient withan emergent condition self-triaging to a further hospital, problems with inaccuracy and lack of standarddefinition of the reported time, and directing lower acuity patients to the higher cost ED setting insteadto primary care. Three sample cases demonstrating the pitfalls of advertising ED wait times arediscussed. Given the lack of rigorous evidence supporting the practice and potential adverse effects tothe public health, caution about its use is advised

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