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강경숙 ( ) - 소속확인중
강혜영 ( ) - 소속확인중
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Abstract
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This study was to explore the criteria on early discharge for hospital-based home health care, Hospital cost was analysed according to the period of hositalization.
Discharge Expenses List’ and medical records of 77 cardiovascular patients discharged from a university hospital in Kwangju form January to March in 1991 were studied.
The results were summerized as follows ;
1) Among the patients (76.6%) was over fifty years of age, 55.8% of the patients were admitted via emergency room. The group having two weeks or less of hospitalization were over 70% and the range was 3-98 days with an extreme positive sKewness (=3.8).
2) Among the cost items, Laboratory and other tests·Medications·Hospital room·professional series and Additional Dud, the cost for tests(49.3%) was higher than the others, especially in hypertensive patients (76.5%).
3) Eighty-three percent of costs for tests and 71.9% of service charge were used within the first week of hospitalization.
These results suggest that the patients who are hospitalized for a short period to take tests only(3∼5 days) and who for a period. longer than 2wks could be recommended as the subjects of home health care.
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KeyWords
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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