Subspecialty emergency room as alternative model for otolaryngologic care: implications for emergency health care delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A dedicated otolaryngology emergency room (ER) represents a specialized surgical evaluation and treatment setting that may be an alternative triage pathway for acute otolaryngologic complaints. We aim to characterize practice patterns in this setting and to provide insight into the epidemiology of all-comer, urgent otolaryngologic complaints in the United States.

Methods and methods

Electronic medical records were reviewed for all patients who registered for otolaryngologic care and received a diagnosis in the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary ER between January 2011 and September 2013. Descriptive analysis was performed to characterize utilization and diagnostic patterns. Predictors of inpatient admission were identified using multivariable regression. Geocoding a

SUBMITTER: Sethi RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4482347 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature