ArticleJNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association2020
Emergency Stay Duration of Patients in Emergency Department of A Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.
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- Emergency department crowding in the modern era: a systematic review (2018-2025).Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- Factors Associated With Prolonged Emergency Department (ED) Length of Stay (LOS) at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study.Emergency medicine international · 2026Article
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- 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
- The impact of COVID-19 on Emergency Department length of stay for urgent and life-threatening patients.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Length of Stay in the Emergency Department during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2021Article
- Exploring Potential Association Between Emergency Department Crowding Status and Patients' Length of Stay at a University Hospital in Saudi Arabia.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2021Article
- Analysis of factors influencing length of stay in the emergency department in public hospital, Padang, Indonesia.Medical journal, Armed Forces IndiaArticle
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Abstract
introductionEmergency department of a hospital is responsible for providing medical and surgical care to patients arriving at the hospital in need of immediate care. Emergency department is not staffed or equipped to provide prolonged care. Duration of stay in the Emergency department directly affects the quality of patient care. Longer length of stay is associated with Emergency department overcrowding, decline in patient care, increased mortality and decreased patients satisfaction. The main aim of this study is to find the mean stay duration of patients in the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Nepal.
methodsThis is a descriptive cross-sectional study which was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital from Jan 15,2019 to Jan 30, 2019. Ethical clearance was obtained from Kathmandu Medical College- Instutional Review Committee. The calculated sample size was 587. Consecutive sampling technique was used. The data thus obtained was entered in SPSS version 20 and necessary calculations were done.
resultsThe mean emergency stay duration was obtained to be 3.18 hours at 95% confidence interval (C.I and standard deviation was 2.51 hours. Female had longer mean duration of stay (3.25 hours) compared to male (3.11 hours). The maximum length of stay was 15.3 hours. Most of the patients attending the emergency department were discharged right through the emergency department 398 ( 67.8%). Mean duration of stay was longest (5.06 hours) for the referral group.
conclusionsThe mean stay duration in Emergency Department of tertiary care hospital in Nepal is getting shorter compared to similar study done previously.
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