When chronic conditions become emergencies - a report from regional Queensland.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe chronic conditions and injuries as a proportion of total emergency presentations to a large public hospital in regional Queensland, and to investigate differences in presentation rates associated with Indigenous status.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis using Emergency Department Information System data between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2014.

Setting

Regional Queensland, Australia.

Participants

A total of 95 238 emergency presentations were generated by 50 083 local residents living in the 10 statistical local areas (SLAs) immediately around the hospital.

Main outcome measures

Emergency presentations for chronic conditions and injuries identified from discharge ICD-10-AM principal diagnosis. Age-standardised presentation rates were calc

SUBMITTER: Harriss LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5215535 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature