The association between opening a short stay paediatric assessment unit and trends in short stay hospital admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many inpatient facilities in Scotland have opened short stay paediatric assessment units (SSPAU) which are clinical areas separate from the usual inpatient ward area and these are where most short stay (also called zero day) admissions are accommodated. Here we describe the effect of opening short stay paediatric assessment units (SSPAU) on the proportion of zero day admissions relative to all emergency admissions.

Methods

Details of all emergency medical paediatric admissions to Scottish hospitals between 2000 and 2013 were obtained, including the number of zero day admissions per month and health board (i.e. geographic region). The month and year that an SSPAU opened in each health board was provided by local clinicians.

Results

SSPAUs opened in 7 health

SUBMITTER: Turner S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8164232 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature