协同的患者因素推动了近期增加的儿科急诊需求
Emily Lehan1, Peyton Briand1,2, Eileen O'Brien1,2
1Department of Pediatrics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
PLOS digital health
|August 22, 2024
概括
由于初级保健服务的减少和传染病的增加,儿童急诊诊所的访问量急剧增加. 机器学习确定了更长的停留时间和特定的诊断是这种需求增长的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 儿童医疗保健的使用率
- 公共卫生趋势 公共卫生趋势
- 医疗保健系统分析分析
背景情况:
- 儿科急诊中心 (UCC) 对于及时提供医疗护理至关重要.
- 了解推动UCC需求的因素对于资源配置和服务规划至关重要.
- 近年来,儿科UCC访问的数量显著增加,需要对潜在原因进行调查.
研究的目的:
- 模拟导致当地儿科急诊中心需求不断增加的因素.
- 通过使用高可靠性患者数据,分析儿科急诊诊所的趋势.
- 确定儿童群体急诊治疗利用率增加的关键预测因素.
主要方法:
- 对164,660次儿科紧急护理访问 (2006-2022) 的回顾性队列研究.
- 分析患者人口统计数据,首席投诉,分拣紧急情况,访问持续时间,诊断和出院信息.
- 应用本地估计的散布图平滑线条用于趋势分析和随机森林机器学习,以使用潮模型R包来确定特征的重要性.
主要成果:
- 观察到每日紧急护理访问的显著增加,在2021-2022年加速.
- 与2013年相比,2022年缺乏初级保健的患者比例是2013年的2.5倍.
- 机器学习确定了更长的逗留时间,较晚的注册,传染病诊断和较年轻的年龄作为2022年访问的关键预测因素.
结论:
- 减少初级保健服务的机会是增加儿科紧急护理需求的重要驱动因素.
- 流传性病毒感染的流行和不断变化的首席投诉有助于更高的访问频率和持续时间.
- 解决初级保健的可访问性和了解感染模式对于管理儿科急诊服务至关重要.
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