作者
David C Sheridan, John Sheridan, Kyle P Johnson, Amber Laurie, Allyson Knapper, Rongwei Fu, Shannon Appy, Matthew L Hansen
发表日期
2016/3/1
期刊
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
卷号
50
期号
3
页码范围
e121-e128
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
Pediatric emergency department (PED) visits among children and adolescents with acute mental health needs have increased over the past decade with long wait times in the PED awaiting disposition.
Objective
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a new pediatric mental health liaison program with the hypothesis that this model reduces length of stay (LOS) and hospitalization rates among pediatric mental health patients.
Methods
This was a pre- and postintervention retrospective study of the year prior to (June 2012–June 2013) and the year after (October 2013–October 2014) implementation of a new PED psychiatric team. All patients aged 1–18 years with a mental health International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision code were included. Patients who did not receive a Psychiatry consult in the PED were excluded.
Results
There were 83 encounters in the year prior to and 129 …
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