RESUMO
This study aimed to clarify whether patients attending an emergency room generally had non-urgent problems. A study was made of 2841 patients attending the emergency room of Prince Zaid Ben Al-Hussein military hospital (south Jordan) over a 1-month period using data from the registration book. Patients were classified into four classes of urgency (life-threatening, urgent, non-urgent, trivial). The attendees were mainly children (26.4%). The admission rate was 3.2% and non-urgent conditions accounted for 91% of cases. Much of the use of emergency services was found to be inappropriate, a situation which should be changed.
Assuntos
Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência/estatística & dados numéricos , Mau Uso de Serviços de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Hospitais Militares/estatística & dados numéricos , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Emergências , Feminino , Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde , Humanos , Lactente , Jordânia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Avaliação das Necessidades , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde/psicologia , Admissão do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Educação de Pacientes como Assunto , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , TriagemRESUMO
This study aimed to clarify whether patients attending an emergency room generally had non-urgent problems. A study was made of 2841 patients attending the emergency room of Prince Zaid Ben Al-Hussein military hospital [south Jordan] over a 1-month period using data from the registration book. Patients were classified into four classes of urgency [life-threatening, urgent, non-urgent, trivial]. The attendees were mainly children [26.4%]. The admission rate was 3.2% and non-urgent conditions accounted for 91% of cases. Much of the use of emergency services was found to be inappropriate, a situation which should be changed
Assuntos
Hospitais Militares , Serviço Hospitalar de EmergênciaRESUMO
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