scholarly journals Age and the economics of an emergency medical admission—what factors determine costs?

QJM ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. hcw161
Author(s):  
J.J. McCabe ◽  
S. Cournane ◽  
D. Byrne ◽  
R. Conway ◽  
D. O’Riordan ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seán Cournane ◽  
Richard Conway ◽  
Declan Byrne ◽  
Deirdre O’Riordan ◽  
Seamus Coveney ◽  
...  

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e022939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Faisal ◽  
Andrew J Scally ◽  
Natalie Jackson ◽  
Donald Richardson ◽  
Kevin Beatson ◽  
...  

ObjectivesThere are no established mortality risk equations specifically for emergency medical patients who are admitted to a general hospital ward. Such risk equations may be useful in supporting the clinical decision-making process. We aim to develop and externally validate a computer-aided risk of mortality (CARM) score by combining the first electronically recorded vital signs and blood test results for emergency medical admissions.DesignLogistic regression model development and external validation study.SettingTwo acute hospitals (Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (NH)—model development data; York Hospital (YH)—external validation data).ParticipantsAdult (aged ≥16 years) medical admissions discharged over a 24-month period with electronic National Early Warning Score(s) and blood test results recorded on admission.ResultsThe risk of in-hospital mortality following emergency medical admission was 5.7% (NH: 1766/30 996) and 6.5% (YH: 1703/26 247). The C-statistic for the CARM score in NH was 0.87 (95% CI 0.86 to 0.88) and was similar in an external hospital setting YH (0.86, 95% CI 0.85 to 0.87) and the calibration slope included 1 (0.97, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.00).ConclusionsWe have developed a novel, externally validated CARM score with good performance characteristics for estimating the risk of in-hospital mortality following an emergency medical admission using the patient’s first, electronically recorded, vital signs and blood test results. Since the CARM score places no additional data collection burden on clinicians and is readily automated, it may now be carefully introduced and evaluated in hospitals with sufficient informatics infrastructure.


2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 709-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Conway ◽  
Declan Byrne ◽  
Deirdre O'Riordan ◽  
Seán Cournane ◽  
Seamus Coveney ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 561-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seán Cournane ◽  
Richard Conway ◽  
Donnacha Creagh ◽  
Declan G. Byrne ◽  
Bernard Silke

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Conway ◽  
Sean Cournane ◽  
Declan Byrne ◽  
Deirdre O'Riordan ◽  
Bernard Silke

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin McCarthy ◽  
Richard Conway ◽  
Declan Byrne ◽  
Seán Cournane ◽  
Deirdre O'Riordan ◽  
...  

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