iarjms

IARJMS

2708-3594

10.47310/iarjms.2021.v02i01.040

To Study Appropriateness of Patient Stay in the Emergency Medicine Department of A Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of North India

MohdAnwar ul

Khaliq

GhulamHassan

Yatoo

Showket

Mufti

Usma

Jabeen

Asifa

Malik

MuhammadIsrar ul

Khaliq

Department of Hospital Administration, All India Institute of medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Department of Hospital Administration, SKIMS, Srinagar, India.

Department of Emergency Medicine, SKIMS, Srinagar, India.

Consultant Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician, India

Blood Transfusion Physician, India

Consultant Dental Surgeon, India

Inappropriate hospital stay increases hospital costs, decrease available resources for patients with critical situation and put patients at risk of nosocomial infections. It was observed that 24.3 % cases of hospital stay studied were inappropriate in Medical Side while as 41.38% cases of hospital stay studied were inappropriate in Surgical Side. 