Access block and prolonged length of stay in the emergency department are associated with a higher patient mortality rate

World J Emerg Med. 2022;13(1):59-64. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2022.006.

Ting Cheng^{1

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4}, Qian Peng⁵, Ya-Qing Jin⁵, Hong-Jie Yu⁵, Pei-Song Zhong⁵, Wei-Min Gu⁶, Xiao-Shan Wang⁷, Yi-Ming Lu⁷, Li Luo^{4

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¹ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
² Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
³ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Emergency Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory Infectious Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China.
⁴ School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
⁵ Jiading District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 201800, China.
⁶ Department of Statistical Information, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201801, China.
⁷ Department of Emergency, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
⁸ Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.

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