Long ER waits in the U.S. are common, especially for older patients. Some wait for many hours or even days to get a hospital ...

Patient boarding happens when an emergency room clinician determines a patient needs to be admitted to the hospital, but there's no staffed bed available to move them to within that unit.

Hospital bed capacity in the U.S. may not keep up ... Patients’ families worry that long emergency room stays may make things worse for their loved ones, forcing some to search for limited ...