Factors associated with low-acuity hospital admissions in a public safety-net setting: a cross-sectional study

Factors associated with low-acuity hospital admissions in a public safety-net setting: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Given system-level focus on avoidance of unnecessary hospitalizations, better understanding admission decision-making is of utility. Our study sought to identify factors associated with hospital admission versus discharge from the Emergency Department (ED) for a population of pat...

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Main Authors: Noushyar Panahpour Eslami, Jefferson Nguyen, Luis Navarro, Madison Douglas, Maralyssa Bann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Hospital admission
Non medical acuity
Decision to admit
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05456-3

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