Patient safety in patients who occupy beds on clinically inappropriate wards: a qualitative interview study with NHS staff.
Goulding L, Adamson J, Watt I, et al. Patient safety in patients who occupy beds on clinically inappropriate wards: a qualitative interview study with NHS staff. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(3):218-24. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000280.
This study found that providers were concerned about patients boarded on the wrong unit, unnecessarily increasing their risk for an adverse event.