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KMID : 1035720160170030061
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Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
2016 Volume.17 No. 3 p.61 ~ p.70
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Characteristics about Patients using the Emergency Room of a General Hospital of a partial area Residents
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Jo Hyeon-Tae
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to verify about characteristics about patients using the emergency room of a general hospital of a partial area residents.
Methods: The analysis of the data was used by SAS program(ver. 9.2). Chi-square test was used in analyzing degree of emergency of patients visiting the emergency room of a general hospital. Using cluster analysis, subjects were classified into 3groups.
Results: Urgent and emergent patients at the age of 40 or greater were significantly higher than in under 10 years. the rates of urgent and emergent patients in male(3.2% and 3.3%) were significantly higher than in female(2.5% and 2.2%)(ｐ<0.001). Urgent patients were the highest at 11 p.m.-3 a.m. and on Thursday and in winter. Emergent patients were the highest at 4 a.m.-8 a.m. and on wednesday and in winter. Patients as cause of disease was the highest in illness.
Conclusion: Policy establishment and measures of government and public health authority were needed for emergent diseases at the age of 40 or greater of male and at midnight time and on thursday and wednesday and in winter.
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KEYWORD
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Emergency Room , General Hospital
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