Percentage of US Emergency Department Patients Seen Within the Recommended Triage Time 1997 to 2006
Percentage of US Emergency Department Patients Seen Within the Recommended Triage Time 1997 to 2006
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DOI：
10.1001/archinternmed.2009.336
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发表时间：
2009-11-09
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通讯作者：
Bradley, Elizabeth H.
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作者：
Horwitz, Leora I.;Bradley, Elizabeth H.
背景资料：在美国急诊科（ED）看医生的等待时间正在增加，可能会对不同保险状况和种族/民族背景的患者产生不同的影响。使用分层随机抽样的151999次就诊，代表1997年至2006年的5.39亿次艾德就诊，我们检查了按分诊类别在分诊目标时间内就诊的患者百分比的趋势结果：在分流目标时间内就诊的患者比例平均每年下降0.8%，从1997年的80.0%下降到2006年的75.9%（P
Background: The wait time to see a physician in US emergency departments (EDs) is increasing and may differentially affect patients with varied insurance status and racial/ethnic backgrounds.Methods: Using a stratified random sampling of 151999 visits, representing 539 million ED visits from 1997 to 2006, we examined trends in the percentage of patients seen within the triage target time by triage category (emergent, urgent, semiurgent, and nonurgent), payer type, and race/ethnicity.Results: The percentage of patients seen within the triage target time declined a mean of 0.8% per year, from 80.0% in 1997 to 75.9% in 2006 (P