Trends and Hospital Factors in Emergency Department Patients Leaving Without Being Seen, 2015-2024

This cross-sectional study examines temporal trends and hospital factors associated with rates of patients leaving the emergency department (ED) without being seen in California.

Corresponding Author: Lawrence Chang, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158 (lawrence.chang@ucsf.edu).

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