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An Med Interna ; 15(3): 138-41, 1998 Mar.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9580411

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BACKGROUND: An emergency department observation and short term unit is analyzed, and the conditions appropriate for it. METHODS: Four hundred patients admitted consecutively were evaluated. Demographic, and clinical data, complementary tests performed, diagnosis, destination and revisits to the emergency department were analyzed. RESULTS: The 57% of the patients were over 65 years. Complementary tests were performed in all patients. 42% were discharged home without hospitalization, being syncope, intoxication and epilepsy the most common diagnosis. The 1.8% of the patients no hospitalized revisted to emergency department during the next 72 hours. CONCLUSION: Emergency department observation and short term units can reduce hospitalization and health care costs and improve the quality of medical care through extended evaluation and treatment.


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Emergency Medical Services/statistics & numerical data , Outpatients/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Spain
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