The Korean Journal of Health Service Management (보건의료산업학회지)

Korea Society of Health Service Management (보건의료산업학회)
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A Comparative Study on the Process of Hospital Visits according to the Characteristics of the Elderly Visiting to Emergency Medical Centers

권역응급의료센터에 내원한 노인의 제 특성에 따른 내원과정 비교

  • Received : 2014.02.10
  • Accepted : 2014.02.27
  • Published : 2014.03.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the process of hospital visits according to the characteristics of the elderly visiting to emergency medical centers. The subject of study was 571 patients over the age of 65 who agreed to participate in the study of emergency medical centers from May 1 to 31, 2010. The frequency, percentage and ${\chi}^2$ test of collected data were conducted with SPSS WIN 12.0. As a result, the frequency of the aged with or without urgency revisiting emergency rooms due to chronic degenerative diseases was high. In addition, there were many cases that the aged living only with a spouse or remaining single. It was obscure to classify them into a urgent or non-emergent group which made it longer time to visit a hospital. It may be necessary that the care for urgent elderly patients considering the characteristics of the family environment functions to care the elderly were weakened.

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