A growing number of hospitals are opting to move some people from the emergency room into observation units where they can undergo further monitoring or testing before doctors decide whether they ...

Emergency department observation units (EDOUs) have been shown to decrease length of stay and improve cost effectiveness. Yet, compared with noncancer patients, patients with cancer are placed in ...

Studies may be either observational or experimental. An experimental study is one in which the investigator deliberately intervenes so that it is possible to observe the effect of the intervention on ...