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ER wait after admission costs millions, study finds

NCT ID NCT07532564

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at over 30,000 adults admitted to hospitals in Maryland to understand why some patients wait in the emergency room even after being admitted (called boarding). Researchers wanted to find out what patient traits lead to longer waits, how boarding increases healthcare costs, and whether high boarding affects care for all ER patients. The study used existing medical records and did not involve any new treatments.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

30,486 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2022

Finished

Dec 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Adult patients admitted to the hospital under inpatient or observation status from the adult emergency department at an academic medical center, to floor/telemetry inpatient services that directly managed boarded patients in the ED (medicine, family medicine, neurology)

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * adults (\> 18 years old) presenting to UMMS system hospitals ED * Patients hospitalized by inpatient or observation status over study period (2022-2025) * Admitted to a service that directly manages boarding patient in the ED. At UMMC, patient should be admitted to an internal medicine team Med 1-4, Med 6, Med 5, med/surg/tele level (no IMC/ICU) and neurology floor level. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted to cardiology, cancer center, surgical services * Patients admitted to not floor level status (IMC/ICU)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

asthma Chest Pain chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, severe early onset diabetes mellitus disease heart failure hypertensive disorder infectious disease with sepsis pneumonia psychiatric disorder Sepsis sickle cell disease stroke disorder urinary tract infection

As listed by the trial registrant

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Asthma (diagnosis) Chest pain COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Diabetes Heart failure Hypertension Pneumonia Psychiatric disorder Sepsis Sickle cell disease (SCD) Stroke (CVA) or tia Urinary tract infection (diagnosis)

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Maryland Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

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