Why are we here? A study of patient actions prior to emergency hospital admission

Why are we here? A study of patient actions prior to emergency hospital admission.

INTRODUCTION Emergency department (ED) attendances and subsequent hospital admissions are rising in the United Kingdom. The reasons for this are unclear but may relate to recent changes in primary care and public perception. The actions taken by patients or their relatives before emergency hospital admission, the reasons for these actions and their outcome were determined. METHODS Adult patie...

Remind me again: why are we here?

The hospital admissions study in England: are there alternatives to emergency hospital admission?

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the potential for substituting alternative forms of care for admission to an acute hospital in particular groups of patients. DESIGN A screening tool, the intensity-severity-discharge review system with adult criteria (ISD-A), developed for hospital utilisation review in the USA, was used in a cohort of hospital admissions to identify a group of patients who could po...

Hospital Disaster Readiness : Why Are We Unprepared ?

Emergency medical services use for trauma patient transportation to hospital

abstract Introduction: An effort is being made to reduce pre-hospital emergency missions as much as possible without any harm to people and reduce the quality of services. This can be achieved by determining some characters and conditions of patients with their need for emergency services.  The purpose of the present study was to determine the rate of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) use for t...