| Autor: |
Ayotomide Oyelakin, Alexander Maksymenko, Samuel Adeyemo, Susmita Khadka, Oluwole Jegede, Karthik Cherukupally, Andrew Shapiro, Terence Tumenta, Chiedozie Ojimba, Olaniyi Olayinka, Jason Hershberger, Adenike Ishola, Tolu Olupona |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science. 5:356-361 |
| ISSN: |
2455-8737 |
| DOI: |
10.23958/ijirms/vol05-i09/941 |
| Popis: |
Background: The length of patients’ stay in the emergency room is a key measure of service delivery and a marker to measure the quality of care. Studies have shown that patients with psychiatric and substance use disorders have a prolonged length of stay in the emergency room compared to medical and surgical patients. Various factors have been found to contribute to this disparity. Method: This is a retrospective case by case review of four hundred and ninety-three consecutive patients who presented to a community psychiatric emergency. Results: Our results show a length of stay ranging between 1.21 – 33.48 hours. The mean length of stay of 8.72 hours and the median was 7.41 hours. Furthermore, the utilization of emergency medication and age above 44 have a significant influence on patients’ length of stay in the psychiatric emergency room (p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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