加利福尼亚州患者接触模式和急诊室容量,2011-2021年
Renee Y Hsia1,2, Stefany Zagorov1, Nandita Sarkar3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
JAMA network open
|June 22, 2023
概括
加利福尼亚州的急诊室容量并没有跟上病人的访问量上升的步伐,尤其是严重病例. COVID-19大流行对这些趋势产生了重大影响,突出了资源分配方面的挑战.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健管理的管理
背景情况:
- 紧急部门 (ED) 的拥挤情况恶化,需要对加利福尼亚州的ED容量和利用模式进行更新分析.
- 之前的研究没有捕捉到过去十年ED操作的最新趋势.
研究的目的:
- 分析2011年至2021年期间加利福尼亚州医院急诊室容量和利用率的时间模式.
- 为了在十年内确定ED资源和患者访问特征的变化.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性队列研究,利用来自加利福尼亚州卫生保健准入和信息部和美国人口普查局的数据.
- 从2011年到2021年,分析了加利福尼亚州超过400家一般急症护理医院的ED设施特征和患者表现.
- 评估ED容量 (床位,ED,治疗站) 和ED使用 (访问,敏度) 的线性趋势,以及像救护车转移和未被看到率这样的次要结果.
主要成果:
- 从2011年到2021年,加利福尼亚州的人口增加了4.2%,而ED总访问量增加了7.4%.
- 尽管ED治疗站增加了21.1%,但ED的总数减少了3.8%,医院病床减少了2.5%.
- 被归类为严重威胁的访问增加了67.8%,而轻微访问减少了63.2%.
结论:
- 应急部门的容量措施与不断增长的服务需求没有成比例增加,与大流行相关的重大影响有关.
- 调查结果强调ED资源的可用性与患者需求之间的差异越来越大,特别是在高急性病例中.
- 该研究为决策者和利益相关者在规划医疗保健资源分配方面提供了关键数据.
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