Psychiatric Patients Turnaround Times in the Emergency Department
- Topics:
- Healthcare Services
- Tags:
- BioMed Central,
- Patient,
- Turnaround
- Source:
- BioMed Central
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Overview: The aim of this paper was to analyze the turnaround times of psychiatric patients within the Emergency Department (ED) from registration to discharge or hospitalization in a University Hospital in 2002. Data from a one-year period of psychiatric admissions to the emergency service at a University Hospital were monitored and analyzed focused on turnaround times within the ED. Information on patients variables such as age, sex, diagnosis, consultations and diagnostic procedures were extracted from the patients' charts. As the number of patients within the examined ED increases every year, the relevant variables responsible for longer or complicated treatments were assessed in order to appropriately change routine procedures without loss of medical standards.
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Format: PDF | Size: 121KB | Date: Dec 2005 | Pages: 13
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