Length of hospitalization—An indicator of social costs of disabilities from traffic injuries

Guria, Jagadish C.

doi:10.1016/0001-4575(90)90053-n

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“…The total number of days in hospital for each category, which may be taken as a rough estimate of hospital cost, 9 decreased in every age category ( fig 2). The decrease for young men aged 15-39 has been most notable, while the decreases in younger or older age groups have been more moderate.…”

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Trends in hospitalization after injury: older women are displacing young men

Shinoda-Tagawa¹

2003

Inj Prev

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Objective:To evaluate trends in hospitalization after injuries in the USA.Design:National Hospital Discharge Survey data from 1979 to 2000 were evaluated annually by age group, sex, injury severity score (ISS), length of stay, and discharge destination.Setting and subjects:National probability sample of hospitalized patients.Interventions:None.Main outcome measures:Incidence, duration, outcome, and population based rates of hospital admission after injuries.Results:The number of young males admitted to hospitals after injuries has decreased dramatically; older females are now the group most frequently admitted. Total days in the hospital have decreased in all age groups, but have declined less in the older population than in the younger population; furthermore, most patients aged 65 and over were formerly discharged home, but now most are discharged to long term care facilities. Overall hospitalization rates after injury have decreased in all age groups, but have declined less in the older population; furthermore, male and female hospitalization rates for serious injury (ISS at least 9, excluding isolated hip fracture) are decreasing in younger age groups while increasing in older age groups.Conclusions:Older patients comprise a growing proportion of injuries requiring hospitalization. Trauma systems must address this change, and preventing injuries in older people is increasingly important.

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Trends in hospitalization after injury: older women are displacing young men

Shinoda-Tagawa¹

2003

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“…In the road safety literature, studies that link injury characteristics and hospital stay duration have traditionally dealt with hospital data (Guria, 1990;Forman et al, 2011;Peek-Asa et al, 2011), and their results are therefore limited to hospitalized motor victims. Given that inpatient victims could be systematically different from those who are not admitted to hospital, any conclusions drawn from these studies cannot be extrapolated to all motor collision victims.…”

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Factors affecting hospital admission and recovery stay duration of in-patient motor victims in Spain

Santolino

Bolancé

Alcañiz

2012

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Costs incurred by hospitals, insurers and the victim have been addressed in only a few studies and these are primarily with adults (Guria, 1990). In general, adult studies have found that the costs for hospital care and rehabilitation increased directly in relation to the sexerity of the ABI.…”

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“…Recent studies have shown that a major factor determin-ing length of hospital stay for any condition is the severity of the medical problem incurred (Horn, Roveti, & Kreitzer, 1980), and that the average length of hospitalization is a strong indicator of the average level of disability resulting from the injury (Guria, 1990).…”

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Factors affecting length of hospital stay for children with acquired brain injuries: A review of the literature

Sakzewski

Ziviani

1996

Aus Occup Therapy J

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Acquired brain injury (ABI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for children within the industrialized world. Either in acute care or long‐term management settings, occupational therapists are concerned with children who have sustained an ABI. Children with ABI often require a prolonged period of hospitalization and intensive rehabilitation, with significant costs to the hospital, community and family. This literature review addresses the factors affecting length of hospital stay (LOS) for children with severe ABI. Broadly speaking, these factors are: (i) injury severity; (ii) complicating factors; and (iii) the effects of intervention procedures. While these factors have been highlighted in the literature, little research has been done to examine their relative contribution to the LOS for children with ABI. Occupational therapists are primarily interested in the impact of rehabilitation and the timing of its introduction; however, the impact of this cannot be understood without consideration of the other known factors that influence LOS.

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Length of hospitalization—An indicator of social costs of disabilities from traffic injuries

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Trends in hospitalization after injury: older women are displacing young men

Trends in hospitalization after injury: older women are displacing young men

Factors affecting hospital admission and recovery stay duration of in-patient motor victims in Spain

Factors affecting length of hospital stay for children with acquired brain injuries: A review of the literature

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