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  • Patient characteristics and institutional factors associated with those who "did not wait" at a South East Queensland Emergency Department: Who are those who "did not wait" in ED?

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    Melton, N
    Mitchell, M
    Crilly, J
    Cooke, M
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Cooke, Marie L.
    Mitchell, Marion L.
    Crilly, Julia
    Melton, Nicola C.
    Year published
    2014
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    Background: Patients who do not wait in Emergency Departments (ED) are a key concern for health care consumers, providers and policymakers.Methods: A six month descriptive retrospective cross-sectional designed study was under taken at a public, metropolitan, adult tertiary referral ED in South East Queensland (SEQ). Using hospital administrative data, all patient presentations were examined over the timeframe with the aim of identifying and describing patient, institution and economic factors for individuals who attend the ED with the focus on patients who did not wait for medical treatment.Results: A total of 1088 (4.2%) ...
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    Background: Patients who do not wait in Emergency Departments (ED) are a key concern for health care consumers, providers and policymakers.Methods: A six month descriptive retrospective cross-sectional designed study was under taken at a public, metropolitan, adult tertiary referral ED in South East Queensland (SEQ). Using hospital administrative data, all patient presentations were examined over the timeframe with the aim of identifying and describing patient, institution and economic factors for individuals who attend the ED with the focus on patients who did not wait for medical treatment.Results: A total of 1088 (4.2%) of 25,580 ED patient presentations did not wait (DNW). Whencompared to patients who waited those who DNW differed significantly regarding age (p < 0.001), triage category (p < 0.001), mode (p < 0.001) and shift of arrival (p < 0.001). Patients who DNW were younger, assigned less urgent triage categories and presented in higher proportions by private transport, during evenings and overnight. Some (n = 550) were incorrectly coded as DNW when they actually waited, but left after treatment commenced. The crude cost of incorrectly coding these patients amounted to >$160,000. Conclusions: Understanding the characteristics of patients who DNW enables strategies to be considered and implemented to manage and mitigate both the potential clinical risk to patients and the financial implications for health care institutions.
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    Journal Title
    Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
    Volume
    17
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aenj.2013.10.003
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd. Published by Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Nursing
    Acute care
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/57466
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