Ahlam Alomari, Raghad Hashim, Tarun Walia, Raghavendra Shetty
Enhancing elementary school teachers' knowledge in managing traumatic dental injuries: The effectiveness of educational sessions
Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology
disposition decisionmaking emergency department ed crucial patient safety quality care inform better care lower chance infections appropriate followup care reduced healthcare costs aim study examine correlates ed disposition among adult patients teaching referral hospital based patients demographic socioeconomic clinical characteristics crosssectional study conducted ed king abdulaziz medical city hospital riyadh twolevel validated questionnaire useda patient questionnaire healthcare stafffacility survey survey employed systematic random sampling technique recruit subjects prespecified interval patients arrived registration desk analyzed 303 adult patients visiting ed triaged consented participate study completed survey admitted hospital bed discharged home used descriptive inferential statistics summarize determine interdependence relationships variables used logistic multivariate regression analysis establish relationships odds admission hospital bed mean age patients 509 sd 214 range 18 101 total 201 66 discharged home rest admitted hospital bed results unadjusted analysis suggest older patients males patients low level education comorbidities middleincome likely admitted hospital results multivariate analysis suggest patients comorbidities urgent conditions prior history hospitalization higher triage levels likely admitted hospital bed proper triage timely stopgap review measures admission process help new patients locations best support needs improve quality efficiency facility findings may sentinel indicator informs overuse inappropriate use eds nonemergency care concern saudi arabian publicly funded health system