Objectives: To evaluate the effect of the presence of a physician in the triage area on the number of patients who leave without being seen (LWBS) and some of the factors affecting emergency department (ED) crowding.
Methods: This was a pre-post study carried out at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The 3-month study, consisting of 7826 patients, was split into pre-physician and post-physician periods. Variables compared across these periods were the number of LWBS patients, length of hospital stay, time to physician, and time to disposition decision. Statistical analysis was carried out using R version 4.3.0.
Results: Our results showed that the presence of a triage physician significantly decreased the number of LWBS patients (<0.001) and the time taken to encounter an ED physician (<0.001). However, it did not have any significant impact on the length of hospital stay (=0.5) or time to disposition decision (=0.9).
Conclusion: The appointment of a triage physician has streamlined patient flow and decreased LWBS rates in the ED, demonstrating the need for more thorough research in this area.
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