加拿大老年和年轻患者的医院利用率:大流行前的发现
Donna M Wilson1, Yiling Zhou2, Sarah Bolaji-Osagie3
1Faculty of Nursing, Third Floor ECHA Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G1C9, Canada. donna.wilson@ualberta.ca.
Journal of public health policy
|September 26, 2024
概括
在加拿大,老年人 (65岁以上) 占住院病例的很大一部分. 该研究强调,需要社区服务来减少老年和年轻患者住院的时间.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,医院利用率的流行后激增正在发生,与人口快速老龄化相吻合.
- 优化医院效率至关重要,需要为卫生系统改革提供数据驱动的见解.
- 了解患者的人口统计和利用模式是有效医疗保健规划的关键.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用COVID-19前数据,比较加拿大老年人 (65岁以上) 和年轻人 (0-64岁) 之间的医院利用模式.
- 确定不同年龄组的住院住院和护理的趋势.
- 为潜在的卫生系统改革和社区服务发展提供信息.
主要方法:
- 分析加拿大的2019-2020年期间基于人口的完整医院利用数据.
- 65岁以上的个人和0-64岁的个人之间的住院住院率和医院病例数据的比较.
- 检查跨年龄人口结构的入院和护理模式.
主要成果:
- 65岁以上的个人占一次性入院的35.7%,占住院发作的39.8%.
- 年长的成年人占研究总人口的17.1% (4,963,766人).
- 医院接收的年轻人比老年人更多,与之前的调查结果一致.
结论:
- 医院利用数据显示,老年人在住院服务中的参与度很大.
- 调查结果强调了加强社区服务的必要性,以有效管理住院治疗.
- 实施基于社区的解决方案可以防止年轻和老年人群的可避免住院治疗.
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