Hospital stay on acute care units for non-acute reasons

Autor:	Jean-François Boivin, Antoinette Colacone, Xiaoqing Xue, Nathalie Soucy, Marc Afilalo, Emmanuelle Jourdenais
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Adult patients business.industry Health Policy Patient risk Secondary diagnosis Acute care Emergency medicine Health care medicine Intensive care medicine business Cognitive impairment Feeding tube Hospital stay
Zdroj:	Healthcare Management Forum. 28:34-39
ISSN:	2352-3883 0840-4704
DOI:	10.1177/0840470414551906
Popis:	This study identifies patient risk factors present prior to an acute hospitalization that are associated with occupying acute care beds for non-acute reasons on the 30th day of a hospitalization. Data from 952 adult patients were obtained, among which 333 (35%) were evaluated as non-acute on their 30th day. Inability to move in and out of the bed, cognitive impairment, receiving home or community healthcare services prior to hospitalization, unavailable family resources, a secondary diagnosis within the mental and behavioural category, and age ≥75 years were found to increase the risk of occupying acute care beds for non-acute reasons, while patients with a feeding tube were less likely to be non-acute at day 30.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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