'The association between time to disposition plan in the emergency department and in-hospital mortality of general medical patients'

摘要

Mitra1 points out an important issue when pleading not to stare blind at performance indicators, especially if they have not been validated by evidence, and not to 'forget' to deliver good quality care.However, one could argue the importance of the influence of the time to disposition plan (TDP) on in-hospital mortality because it only increases in-hospital mortality in case of a prolonged emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS). This might mean that it is not the rapid setting of a disposition plan but rather the boarding of the patient in the ED that leads to increased mortality.