Factors of Medical Providers that Effect Emergency Room Wait Times Through Fast-track PDF Download

Author: Jimmy-Hieu Le
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Within the United States, there is a need to decrease the wait times and overcrowding within the Emergency Departments to lower morbidity rates and improve patient satisfaction. By studying the factors that effect the average wait time of patients in an emergency department of one San Diego Hospital that already has a fast-track implemented, researchers can provide supporting evidence for the utilization of certain types of providers with particular attributes within fast-track systems across emergency departments nationwide. This study proposes the use of a three-way analysis of variance to identify which certain factors, such as, provider type, provider's years of experience, and their language proficiency, affect the average wait time of patients going to through Fast-track.