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Time to Inpatient Management for Boarding Emergency Department Patients

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.13302

August 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This study examines the patient- and hospital-level variation in time to initiation of inpatient management among patients admitted to general medical services.

Corresponding Author: Alexander T. Janke, MD, MHS, MSc, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (atjanke@med.umich.edu).

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