Emergency Department Length of Stay for Maori and European Patients in New Zealand

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Emergency Department Length of Stay for Maori and European Patients in New Zealand

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Introduction: Emergency department length of stay (ED LOS) is currently used in Australasia as a quality measure. In our ED, Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, have a shorter ED LOS than European patients. This is despite Maori having poorer health outcomes overall. This study sought to determine drivers of LOS in our provincial New Zealand ED, particularly looking at ethnicity as a determining factor. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study that reviewed 80,714 electronic me...

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Date created

2016-06-01

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David Prisk / A. Jonathan R. Godfrey / Anne Lawrence

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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

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http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4fz0h75r

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Maori / European / Patients / New Zealand / Medicine / Medical emergencies / Critical care / Intensive care / First aid

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