ArticleSAGE open medicine2022
Length of stay and its associated factors among adult patients who visit Emergency Department of University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia.
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- Prolonged length of stay and associated factors among emergency department patients in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Emergency Department length of stay: a mixed-methods study in four Ethiopian public hospitals.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026Article
- Thromboprophylaxis utilization rate and associated factors among patients attending the emergency department of tertiary care hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia: a multicentre prospective study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- An Updated Scoping Review of Factors Associated with Length of Stay in Emergency Department.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Reducing emergency department length of stay for hematology patients of tikur anbessa specialized hospital: An improvement initiative.PloS one · 2025Article
- In-hospital mortality and length of stay of patients with hypertensive crisis treated at public hospitals in Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Article
- Current patterns of care at adult emergency department in Ethiopian tertiary university hospital.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objectives: This study was aimed to assess the length of stay and its associated factors among adult patients who visited Emergency Department of Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia. Method: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 adult patients who visit the Emergency Department. Systematic random sampling technique and an interviewer-administered data collection method was used. Data analyses were done using STATA version 16. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to control the potential confounders. The analysis outputs were presented using an odds ratio with a corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI). Independent variables were defined as statistically significant at Result: A total of 169 [42.25% (95% CI: 37.5%-47.0%)] patients stayed longer than 24 h in the Emergency Department. We identified factors significantly associated with length of stay in ED include: patients treated at orange triage type (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.267; 95% CI: 0.13-0.53), laboratory request (AOR: 3.05; 95% CI: 1.49-6.23), radiological requests (AOR: 1.80; 95% CI: 1.05-3.07), and diagnosed with medical condition (AOR: 2.27; 95% CI: 1.21-4.26). Conclusion: A significant number of patients stay longer in the Emergency Department. Evaluation of the clinical diagnosis, diagnostic investigations, and organizational factors is essential to reduce the length of stay in the Emergency Department.
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