Constant Observation in the General Hospital
| Autor: | Jane Milazzo, Michael Blumenfield, Barbara Orlowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Male Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cost-Benefit Analysis Neurocognitive Disorders New York Salud mental Hospitals General Patient Care Planning Health services Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Psychiatric medication medicine Humans Hospital Costs General hospital Child Applied Psychology Aged Aged 80 and over Patient Care Team business.industry Health economy Middle Aged Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Emergency medicine Cost analysis Female Safety Constant (mathematics) business |
| Zdroj: | Psychosomatics. 41:289-293 |
| ISSN: | 0033-3182 |
| DOI: | 10.1176/appi.psy.41.4.289 |
| Popis: | Constant observation (CO) is a technique in which continuous one-to-one monitoring is used to assure the safety and well-being of an individual patient or others. This study reviewed 115 patient charts in a tertiary-care hospital to determine the correlates and predictors of the financial cost of CO. The mean duration for CO was 13.9 days with a median of 7.5 days. The cost average was $3,415 per incident with a range of $144-$68,500. The median cost was $1,872. The most common diagnosis was organic mental syndrome. Significant predictors of CO were disorientation, psychiatric medication used, and absence of alcohol use. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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