dc.contributor.author | Crilly, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Bost, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Gleeson, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Timms, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T13:13:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T13:13:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.date.modified | 2013-06-26T03:42:57Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1931-4485 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/51963 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to describe characteristics, outcomes, and post-emergency department (ED) departure medical requirements of patients who did not wait (DNW) or left against medical advice (LAMA) after presenting to an Australian hospital ED over a 6-month period. This was a prospective cohort follow-up study. Children and adults were compared in terms of ED characteristics and outcomes. Of the 32,333 patient presentations, 3,293 (10.2%) were recorded as DNW and 470 (1.5%) as LAMA. Of the DNW/LAMA presentations, 1,303 (34.6%) received a telephone call. One in four of the DNW/LAMA patients were children (<16 years). Most (87%) waited longer than the recommended time before leaving the ED, the majority (56%) sought care elsewhere, and some (n = 174, 13%) re-presented to the ED within 7 days; 20 of those required hospital admission. Strategies addressing front-end ED systems are required to mitigate the proportion of patients who DNW/LAMA. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | |
dc.publisher.place | United States | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://journals.lww.com/aenjournal/Abstract/2012/11000/Patients_Who_Presented_to_an_Australian_Emergency.11.aspx | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 357 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 368 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 4 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 34 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Nursing | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Health and community services | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4205 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 420305 | |
dc.title | Patients Who Presented to an Australian Emergency Department and Did Not Wait or Left Against Medical Advice: A Prospective Cohort Follow-Up Study | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
gro.date.issued | 2012 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Crilly, Julia | |