Emergency department crowding: Time to shift the paradigm from predicting and controlling to analysing and managing.

Emergency department crowding: Time to shift the paradigm from predicting and controlling to analysing and managing Jochen Bergs RN, MSc (PhD Candidate) a,*, Dominique Vandijck RN, PhD, MSc (Professor) b,c, Olivier Hoogmartens RN, MSc (PhD Candidate) d, Philippe Heerinckx MD (Emergency Physician) e, Diederik Van Sassenbroeck MD, PhD, MSc (Emergency Physician) f, Benoit Depaire PhD (Professor) g, Wim Marneffe PhD (Professor) g, Sandra Verelst MD, PhD (Professor) h

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