Social deprivation and hospital admission rates, length of stay and readmissions in emergency medical admissions
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- 作者：Seá ; n Cournanea ; Declan Byrneb ; Richard Conwayb ; Deirdre O&rsquo ; Riordanb ; Seamus Coveneyc ; Bernard Silkeb ; bernardsilke@physicians.ie" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Deprivation index ; Resource utilization ; Admission incidence rates ; Emergency medical patients
- 刊名：European Journal of Internal Medicine
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：26
- 期：10
- 页码：766-771
- 全文大小：490 K
文摘
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We evaluated deprivation as related to hospital resource utilization.
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Deprivation status was not related to increased length of stay per episode.
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Deprived patients did not use more ancillary services.
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Deprived areas showed increased readmission and admissions rates.
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Deprivation index will increase demand on overall hospital resources.