Predicting Ambulance Patient Wait Times: A Multicenter Derivation and Validation Study.

Journal: Annals of emergency medicine
PMID: 33972127

Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To derive and internally and externally validate machine-learning models to predict emergency ambulance patient door-to-off-stretcher wait times that are applicable to a wide variety of emergency departments.

Authors

  • Katie J Walker
    Cabrini Emergency Department, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Cabrini Institute, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Casey Emergency Department, Berwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: katie_walker01@yahoo.com.au.
  • Jirayus Jiarpakdee
    Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Anne Loupis
    Cabrini Institute, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn
    Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Keith Joe
    Cabrini Emergency Department, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Monash Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Michael Ben-Meir
    Cabrini Emergency Department, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Hamed Akhlaghi
    Emergency Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Jennie Hutton
    Emergency Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Wei Wang
    State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau 999078, China.
  • Michael Stephenson
    Ambulance Victoria, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Frankston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Gabriel Blecher
    Cabrini Emergency Department, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Monash Medical Centre, Emergency Department, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Paul Buntine
    Emergency Department, Box Hill Hospital, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Amy Sweeny
    Emergency Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia; Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia.
  • Burak Turhan
    Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.

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