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- Title
Ridesharing as an Alternative to Ambulance Transport for Voluntary Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department.
- Authors
Blome, Andrea; Rosenbaum, Jennifer; Lucas, Nicole; Schreyer, Kraftin
- Abstract
Introduction: Emergency department (ED) crowding is a growing problem. Psychiatric patients have long ED lengths of stay awaiting placement and transportation to a psychiatric facility after disposition. Methods: Retrospective analysis of length of ED stay after disposition for voluntary psychiatric patients before and after the use of Lyft ridesharing services for inter-facility transport. Results: Using Lyft transport to an outside crisis center shortens time to discharge both statistically and clinically from 113 minutes to 91 minutes (p = 0.028) for voluntary psychiatric patients. Discharge time also decreased for involuntary patients from 146 minutes to 127 minutes (p = 0.0053). Conclusion: Ridesharing services may be a useful alternative to medical transportation for voluntary psychiatric patients.
- Subjects
CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL emergency services; T-test (Statistics); PSYCHIATRIC treatment; RETROSPECTIVE studies; TRANSPORTATION of patients; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 3, p618
- ISSN
1936-900X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5811/westjem.2020.2.45526