서울소재 3차 의료기관에 재원 중인 노인 환자의 재원기간에 영향을 미치는 관련 요인

Factors Associated with Length of Stay in Elderly Inpatients in a General Hospital in Seoul

  • 김선자 (연세대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 유승흠 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 오현주 (유한대학 의무행정과)
  • Kim, Sun-Ja (Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University) ;
  • Yu, Seung-Hum (Dept. of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Oh, Hyohn-Joo (Dept. of Health Services Administration, Yuhan College)
  • 발행 : 2007.06.30

초록

To identify characteristics of elderly inpatients who had long term hospitalization in a general hospital, this study categorized into two groups who were hospitalized for less than 30 days and a group hospitalized for more than 30 days. To compare the groups the independent variables were the sociodemographical characteristics, the medical care utility characteristics, and the disease characteristics and finally analyzed factors affecting the hospitalization period. The data of 18,727 inpatients who were older than 65 years of age by the year 2005 were used and the data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows 12.0. With the results, it is necessary to provide intensive and positive management to elderly inpatients who belong to the more than 30 days group and also necessary to share roles and functions of hospital by medical network with local hospitals and clinics in order to manage long-term elderly inpatients and offer continuous post-management to discharged patients by encouraging them to use a long-term care center or by implementing an early discharge program. This study should provide many studies on how to manage the period of hospitalization efficiently on long-stay elderly inpatients in the future.

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