Impacting factors of extra long-term hospital stay of patients in an infectious diseases hospital
10.3969/j.issn.1671-332X.2024.11.033
- VernacularTitle:某传染病医院超长住院患者影响因素分析
- Author:
Yonghong WANG
1
;
Guanghao BO
;
Jiao JI
Author Information
1. 扬州市第三人民医院 江苏扬州 225125
- Keywords:
Long hospital stay;
Statistical analysis;
Corrective measures
- From:
Modern Hospital
2024;24(11):1753-1756,1760
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the characteristics of patients with extra long-term hospital stays at an infectious dis-eases hospital,formulate corresponding strategies,and effectively control the length of stays so as to improve the efficiency of medical resource utilization.Methods Data of all discharged patients in 2023,including age,gender,disease name,discharge department,and length of stay,were retrieved from the hospital's medical record management system.Statistical analysis was conducted using Excel and SPSS.Results The analysis indicated that the proportion of male patients with excessively long hos-pital stays was significantly higher than that of female patients.Additionally,prolonged hospital stays were correlated with age,and elderly patients exhibited a higher proportion of extended stays.Most patients were covered by employee medical insurance and resident medical insurance,while only a small portion relied on self-funded medical insurance.Over half of the excessively hospitalized patients were affected with specific infectious and parasitic diseases(A00-B99).Controlling the length of these hos-pitalizations could reduce costs and alleviate patient burdens.Conclusion Controlling excessive hospital stays is effective through strengthened medical quality management,enhanced patient management in key departments,and a focus on specific dis-eases.Additional strategies for controlling extended hospital stay include improving doctor-patient communication,increasing comprehensive patient information sharing,reducing medical disputes,attaching importance to information technology,and rea-sonably utilize medical resources.
