The Patient Flow of Marine Disease and Nonbattle Injury Conditions within a Multi-Echelon System of Care

Autor:	G. J. Walker, Christopher G. Blood
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Emergency medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine General Medicine Disease Major Diagnostic Category System of care business Triage Patient flow
Zdroj:	Military Medicine. 164:731-736
ISSN:	1930-613X 0026-4075
DOI:	10.1093/milmed/164.10.731
Popis:	Hospitalization data were extracted for Marines who incurred disease and nonbattle injuries in Vietnam from 1965 through 1969, and the inter-echelon movement of each patient who was hospitalized at an echelon II or III facility was tracked until the treatment was completed or until the patient was moved to a continental U.S. facility. The inter-echelon flow of treatment for different types of diagnosis categories was also examined. Results showed that approximately three-fourths of the patients admitted to echelon II or III facilities had no further treatment recorded at a higher echelon of care. Less than one-fifth of the patients required treatment at an echelon IV or echelon V facility. Of the major diagnostic categories, those with infective or parasitic diseases had the lowest percentage of patients treated at echelon IV or V facilities.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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