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Talebpour M, Payandemehr P, Kalhor P, Abbasi N, Baratloo A. One-Year Analysis of the Emergency Department Input and Output; a Case Study of Sina Hospital, Iran. J Police Med 2019; 8 (2)
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One-Year Analysis of the Emergency Department Input and Output; a Case Study of Sina Hospital, Iran
M. Talebpour1, P. Payandemehr2, P. Kalhor3, N. Abbasi4, A. Baratloo *5
1- Department of Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Pre-Hospital and Hospital Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Emergency Medicine, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4- School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5- Pre-Hospital and Hospital Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , arbaratloo@sina.tums.ac.ir
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Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze the input and output patterns of patients in the emergency department (ED) of Sina Hospital in 2017.

Instrument & Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out, retrospectively, in Sina Hospital affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. All patients referring to the ED during 2017 entered the study. At first, the inputs were checked to determine in which paths the patients were referred to the ED. Then, the outcomes of the patients were checked to determine how much of the ED entrance were discharged, hospitalized, dispatched, or possibly died.

Findings: In 2017, a total of 34901 patients were referred to the ED at Sina Hospital, of whom 27.8% were referred with pre-hospital emergency medicine service, 1.7% were sent from other centers, and 70.5% were referred to the ED as outpatients. Of them, 78.48% were discharged from the ED after taking appropriate action from the emergency medicine specialist. Out of 21.52% of other outcomes, 0.33% died at the time of entry, 4.44% died after arrival, 1.2% were referred to other centers, 19.51% were transferred from emergency department to hospital, and 42.1% were discharged with personal satisfaction.

Conclusion: Outpatient referral is the most common way for patients to enter the ED, and about 80% of patients referring to the ED are visited and discharged by the emergency department.

Keywords: Emergency Department, Patient Disposition, Input, Output, Statistical Analysis
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Article Type: Descriptive & Survey | Subject: Police Medicine Management
Received: 2018/12/8 | Accepted: 2019/01/20 | Published: 2019/03/19
* Corresponding Author Address: Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poor Sina Street, Tehran, Iran
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