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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.11.324

A Study on the Characteristics of the Patient Group in a Convalescent Hospital Inpatients: Based on the Medical Record Information  

Lim, Bo-Ra (Dept. of Hospital Management, The Graduate School of Public Health & Welfare, Konyang University)
Ahn, Sang-Yoon (Dept. of Hospital Management, Konyang University)
Kim, Kwang-Hwan (Dept. of Hospital Management, Konyang University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.11, 2019 , pp. 324-334 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigates the characteristics of patients hospitalized at a convalescent hospital, by considering patient groups based on their medical record information. It further analyzes and correlates the factors, thus providing basic data required to improve the patient classification system at convalescent hospitals. The data includes total information of 213 medical records of patients discharged from a convalescent hospital in the Jeonbuk region during a period of one year, from January to December 2016. The study examines and correlates the days of hospitalization and the number of diseases, revealing a positive correlation having a correlation coefficient, thereby indicating that infliction with a greater number of diseases results in longer hospitalization. Based on these findings, the study raises the need to revise and supplement items on the patient assessment report to help determine the patient groups and identify medical efforts to be actually provided to patients. In addition, a proper care service system for each patient group based on their respective problems that are intensively managed according to the patient groups will be an essential element in the efficient management of convalescent hospitals. Furthermore, an important task addressed will be in managing the health of the elderly population at the national level.
Keywords
Aging Society; Elderly Patient; Convalescent Hospital; Per Diem Payment System; Patient Group; Patient Assessment Report;
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