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A Comparison in Hospitalization Rates Between a Community-Based Mobile Emergency Service and a Hospital-Based Emergency Service

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2002
Objectives: The aims of this study were to compare the rates of inpatient admission between a mobile community-based psychiatric emergency service and a hospital-based psychiatric emergency service, and to identify the clinical characteristics of consumers more likely to be admitted to hospital. Methods: A retrospective, quasi-experimental design was
John Bannister   +2 more
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Quality improvement for the Campbelltown hospital emergency service

1995 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century, 2002
In this study the theory of queueing models has been applied to design an appropriate service facility for the Campbelltown hospital emergency service in order to minimise patients waiting time and the associated running cost. Thus the ultimate goal is to optimize the available resources.
M. Gale, Liwan Liyanage
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EMERGENCY SERVICE WITHIN THE HOSPITAL

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1957
• When respiratory difficulties develop in a hospital patient, the anesthesiologist should be called promptly. Emergency kits should be kept ready at all times in a central location. This report analyzes 100 consecutive cases in which anesthesiologists were called for help in emergency rooms, the nursery, the radiology department, and the medical and ...
Jay Jacoby, Carolyn H. Ziegler
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Crisis hospitalization on a psychiatric emergency service

General Hospital Psychiatry, 1993
AbstractCrisis hospitalization has both an affirmative rationale in the community movement and a secondary rationale of cost containment. Brief hospitalization within the psychiatric emergency service offers intensive treatment and a rapid return to the community for the patient and is cost‐effective for the mental health system.
Bonnie J. Erickson   +2 more
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Emergency Social Services in a Pediatric Hospital

Journal of the Association for the Care of Children in Hospitals, 1980
Abstract More and more frequently, social workers are being called to serve in emergency rooms. The way in which social workers respond to these requests will be an important factor in determining the future role of social workers in medical settings (Bergman, 1976, p. 39).
Daniel Zamora, George F. Kuo
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A Basis for Classifying Hospital Emergency Services

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1970
The primary role of an emergency service to provide care for the acutely and seriously ill or injured patient must not be neglected because of the rapidly rising use of emergency rooms for routine and ambulatory patient care. A community-wide approach to the problem is essential and several basic principles are presented in establishing continuity of ...
Richard A. Brose, Roger L. Youmans
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Crisis Hospitalization Within a Psychiatric Emergency Service [PDF]

open access: possibleAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 1971
The authors describe the expansion of an emergency psychiatric service to include the use of short-term hospitalization as an integral part of crisis therapy. Experience during the first year of operation, when 200 patients were treated, is summarized.
Mark W. Rhine, Peter Mayerson
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Planning for Hospital Emergency Services

Postgraduate Medicine, 1971
An increasing number of patients are using hospital emergency rooms as drop-in clinics. Several approaches and innovations are suggested here for solving this problem to the benefit of both the patient and the hospital. Among the suggestions is the establishment of the triage system. If patient needs are to be properly met, a great deal of planning for
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