In the face of high staffing costs, uncertain patient arrivals, and patients unsatisfied with long wait times, staffing … or in teams, and with patients of varying acuity levels. We show how our model helps to balance staffing costs and …

, hospital inpatient length of stay, payment method, costs, and demographics. Results: Patients with three to 20 visits were more … likely to be admitted to the hospital than patients visiting once or twice. Patients visiting more than 20 times were less …, cross-sectional study of clinical and financial records for all ED visits to an urban, academic hospital in 2001 …