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- Title
Inpatient disposition classification for the creation of hospital surge capacity: a multiphase study.
- Authors
Kelen, Gabor D; Kraus, Chadd K; McCarthy, Melissa L; Bass, Eric; Hsu, Edbert B; Li, Guohua; Scheulen, James J; Shahan, Judy B; Brill, Justin D; Green, Gary B
- Abstract
The ability to provide medical care during sudden increases in patient volume during a disaster or other high-consequence event is a serious concern for health-care systems. Identification of inpatients for safe early discharge (ie, reverse triage) could create additional hospital surge capacity. We sought to develop a disposition classification system that categorises inpatients according to suitability for immediate discharge on the basis of risk tolerance for a subsequent consequential medical event.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2006, Vol 368, Issue 9551, p1984
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69808-5