养老院人员数量和居民健康状况:物理治疗师的作用被低估了吗?
1Data Strategy Workgroup, Quality Insights, Inc., Charleston, WV, USA.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
|December 20, 2024
概括
养老院的物理治疗师和注册护士人数的增加与住户对急诊室访问的减少有关. 优化员工组合可以减少不必要的ED利用,特别是对于长期住院患者.
科学领域:
- 老年学和老年医疗护理
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 养老院管理局 养老院管理
背景情况:
- 养老院居民过度访问门诊急诊室 (ED) 代表了严重的医疗负担和潜在的低于最佳护理指标.
- 了解养老院人员数量对ED利用率的影响对于改善住户结果和医疗保健系统效率至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查养老院人员数量与住院居民在门诊急诊室 (ED) 过度访问的比例之间的关联.
- 确定特定的员工角色,每位居民每天工作的时间可能会影响ED使用率.
主要方法:
- 美国14860个医疗保险和医疗补助机构认证的长期护理机构的设施级数据的回顾性分析.
- 使用的医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心数据从2022年10月1日到2023年9月30日.
- 线性回归分析评估了每位居民每天的急救诊所过度访问和人员工作时间 (理疗师,注册护士,护士助理,执照实践护士) 之间的关系,并控制了设施特征.
主要成果:
- 每位住院居民每天增加的物理治疗师 (PT) 时间与长期住院居民的ED访问量减少显著相关.
- 每位居民每天注册护士 (RN) 时间的增加与长期和短期居民的ED访问过量减少有显著的相关性.
- 护士助理和执照实践护士人员数量并没有与过多的急救访问有显著的相关性.
结论:
- 养老院工作人员的最佳组合,特别是PT和RN,对于减少门诊ED访问过量至关重要,特别是对于长期住院居民来说.
- 政策干预应侧重于促进平衡的人员配置模式,以有效地减少老人院居民不必要的ED使用.
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