How Long Are Patients Willing to Wait in the Emergency Department Before Leaving Without Being Seen?

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Our goal was to evaluate patients’ threshold for waiting in an emergency department (ED) waiting room before leaving without being seen (LWBS). We analyzed whether willingness to wait was influenced by perceived illness severity, age, race, triage acuity level, or insurance status.

Source: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine Articles in Press, Department of Emergency Medicine (UCI), UC Irvine Retrieved from: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7zp2r62t

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