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Patients Refusing Prehospital Transport Are Increasingly Likely to Be Geriatric
Joint Authors
Arthur, Annette O.
Reginald, T. J.
Goodloe, Jeffrey M.
Thomas, Stephen H.
Thomas, Matt
Thiems, Grady
Holder, Peyton
Redmon, Travis
Source
Emergency Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-02-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
Elderly patients are becoming an increasingly larger proportion of our population, and there is a paucity of data regarding the epidemiology of geriatric patients refusing transport.
Treatment refusal rates range from 5% to 15% in many studies.
This study sought to test the hypothesis that geriatric patients constituted an increasing proportion of those persons refusing prehospital transport.
Methods.
This study was a retrospective analysis of data from a query of a large urban EMS service.
Results.
There were a total of 22,347 adult transport refusals recorded during the 16-month study period.
Multivariate logistic regression incorporating covariates for sex, race, season, chief complaint, metropolitan region, and whether any treatment occurred prior to transport refusal confirmed the increasing likelihood of Period 2 patients being geriatric, as compared with Period 1 (OR 1.24, 95% CI 1.14–1.35, Wald P<.001).
Conclusion.
This data shows that despite controlling for these covariates, patients refusing transport in the second period of this study were nearly 25% more likely to be geriatric as compared to those in the initial 8 months of the study.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Holder, Peyton& Arthur, Annette O.& Thiems, Grady& Redmon, Travis& Thomas, Matt& Goodloe, Jeffrey M.…[et al.]. 2012. Patients Refusing Prehospital Transport Are Increasingly Likely to Be Geriatric. Emergency Medicine International،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Holder, Peyton…[et al.]. Patients Refusing Prehospital Transport Are Increasingly Likely to Be Geriatric. Emergency Medicine International No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Holder, Peyton& Arthur, Annette O.& Thiems, Grady& Redmon, Travis& Thomas, Matt& Goodloe, Jeffrey M.…[et al.]. Patients Refusing Prehospital Transport Are Increasingly Likely to Be Geriatric. Emergency Medicine International. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-506966
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-506966