Risk factors for admission at three urban emergency departments in England: a cross-sectional analysis of attendances over 1 month.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate factors associated with unscheduled admission following presentation to emergency departments (EDs) at three hospitals in England.

Design and setting

Cross-sectional analysis of attendance data for patients from three urban EDs in England: a large teaching hospital and major trauma centre (site 1) and two district general hospitals (sites 2 and 3). Variables included patient age, gender, ethnicity, deprivation score, arrival date and time, arrival by ambulance or otherwise, a variety of ED workload measures, inpatient bed occupancy rates and admission outcome. Coding inconsistencies in routine ED data used for this study meant that diagnosis could not be included.

Outcome measure

The primary outcome for the study was unscheduled admission.

SUBMITTER: Ismail SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541436 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature