The Patient Flow of Wounded Marines within a Multi-Echelon System of Care

Autor:	C. G. Blood, G. J. Walker
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Medical services business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine Managed care General Medicine Medical emergency System of care business medicine.disease Selection criterion Patient flow Military medicine
Zdroj:	Military Medicine. 164:423-427
ISSN:	1930-613X 0026-4075
DOI:	10.1093/milmed/164.6.423
Popis:	Hospitalization data were extracted for Marines wounded in Vietnam from 1965 to 1969 to examine the echelon flow of treatment care for different types of injuries. 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 facility in the continental United States. Results showed that approximately half of the admissions to echelon II or III facilities had no further treatment recorded at a higher echelon of care. Almost one-fourth of the patients required treatment at an echelon IV facility, and more than one-third were admitted to an echelon V facility.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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