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Factors associated with the length of stay in emergency departments in Southern-Ethiopia.
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- Factors Associated with Length of Stay Among Patients in the Emergency Department of an Indonesian Tertiary Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
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- Optimizing inpatient bed management in a rural community-based hospital: a quality improvement initiative.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Prolonged length of stay and its associated factors at adult emergency department in amhara region comprehensive specialized hospitals, northwest Ethiopia.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Evaluation of factors affecting the length of stay of geriatric patients in the emergency department.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2023Article
- Practice of Pre-Hospital Emergency Care and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study Design.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2023Article
- Length of stay in the emergency department and its associated factors among pediatric patients attending Wolaita Sodo University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Southern, Ethiopia.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Impact of New Bed Assignment Information System on Emergency Department Length of Stay: An Effect Evaluation for Lean Intervention by Using Interrupted Time Series and Propensity Score Matching Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis cross-sectional study was conducted on 399 patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from February 15 to March 30/2018 to assess the length of stay (LOS) and its associated factors in emergency departments (EDs).
resultAbout 91.5% patients were stayed in the EDs for greater than 24 h in different reasons. Inadequacy of beds in inpatient wards, overcrowding, absence of different laboratory test profiles and delay in radiological services were showed a significant differences in LOS greater than 24 h when compared to LOS ≤ 24 h in EDs (p < 0.05 for all). In addition, admission beds [adjusted odds ratio: 8.7 (95% CI 3.2-23.2)]; overcrowding [adjusted odds ratio: 3.6 (95% CI 1.6-8.3)]; laboratory test profiles [adjusted odds ratio: 5.1 (95% CI 1.9-14.1)], and radiology services [adjusted odds ratio: 3.7 (95% CI 1.5-9.2)] were significantly and positively associated with LOS greater than 24 h in EDs. Further, a significant proportion of patients were stayed for unnecessary extended length of time in EDs due to different factors. Therefore, the commitment of organization is crucial to provide sufficient number of admission beds, to scale-up laboratory test profiles and to decrease radiology service turn-around time in order to improve LOS in EDs.
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