Long length of stay at the emergency department is mostly caused by organisational factors outside the influence of the emergency department: A root cause analysis

• Babiche E. J. M. Driesen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Babiche E. J. M. Driesen, Bauke H. G. van Riet

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Bauke H. G. van Riet ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Babiche E. J. M. Driesen, Bauke H. G. van Riet

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations VU University school of medical sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Section Acute Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Lisa Verkerk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section Acute Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• H. Jaap Bonjer,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Hanneke Merten,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Acute Care Network North-West, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: p.nanayakkara@vumc.nl

  Affiliations Section Acute Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Acute Care Network North-West, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1555-3682

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