Impact of a national time target for ED length of stay on patient outcomes

Evaluates the effect of New Zealand’s six-hour time target (95% of emergency department (ED) patients discharged or admitted to hospital within six hours) on a range of quality indicators, such as ED and hospital length of stay (LOS) to reflect efficiency of care, and re-presentation to ED and re-ad...

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Veröffentlicht in:	New Zealand medical journal 2017-05, Vol.130 (1455), p.15-34
1. Verfasser:	Jones, Peter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Child Child, Preschool Databases, Factual Departments Emergency medical care Emergency Service, Hospital - standards Emergency services Epidemiology Ethnicity Evaluation Female Hospital Mortality Hospital utilization Hospitals Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Length of stay Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Male Medicine Middle Aged Minority & ethnic groups Mortality New Zealand Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data Patient Transfer - statistics & numerical data Patients Quality Time Factors Utilization Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Evaluates the effect of New Zealand’s six-hour time target (95% of emergency department (ED) patients discharged or admitted to hospital within six hours) on a range of quality indicators, such as ED and hospital length of stay (LOS) to reflect efficiency of care, and re-presentation to ED and re-admission to hospital to reflect effectiveness of care, as well as other primary and secondary process and outcome measures. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
ISSN:	0028-8446 1175-8716 1175-8716