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Positive correlation between regional emergency medical resources and mortality in severely injured patients: results from the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Survey

Authors
 Hyo Jung Lee  ;  Yeong Jun Ju  ;  Eun-Cheol Park 
Citation
 CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Vol.19(6) : 450-458, 2017 
Journal Title
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
ISSN
 1481-8035 
Issue Date
2017
Keywords
emergency medical care system ; mortality ; regional emergency medical resources ; trauma
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: In South Korea, injury is a public health problem due to its high incidence and high mortality. To improve emergency medical systems, the government announced plans to increase the emergency medical resources for each region. This study investigated the association between regional emergency medical resources and mortality during hospitalization in severely injured inpatients.

METHODS: To analyse mortality for severely injured inpatients, we used the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Survey data, consisting of 18,621 hospitalizations from 2005-2012. Generalized estimating equations were analysed to examine the association between mortality during hospitalization and both individual and regional variables.

RESULTS: Mortality during hospitalization occurred in 913 (4.9%) cases. Patients in regions with a higher number of emergency departments (odds ratio [OR]=0.94, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.91-0.98), a higher number of ambulances (OR=0.99, 95% CI: 0.98-0.99), and a higher number of registered nurses per emergency department (OR=0.88, 95% CI: 0.83-0.94) had a lower risk of mortality during hospitalization.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that regional emergency medical resources are associated with a lower risk of mortality during hospitalization in severely injured patients. Thus, health care policymakers need to determine the proper distribution of emergency medical resources for each region and the function of emergency departments to provide a superior quality of emergency medical services to patients.
Full Text
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-emergency-medicine/article/positive-correlation-between-regional-emergency-medical-resources-and-mortality-in-severely-injured-patients-results-from-the-korean-national-hospital-discharge-indepth-survey/8D6E34077E4EAC8C62EAFBF5BEA44E9B
DOI
10.1017/cem.2016.402
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Park, Eun-Cheol(박은철) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2306-5398
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/161332
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