Variation in inpatient allied health service provision in Australian and New Zealand hospitals.
after-hours care
allied health occupations
evidence-based practice
health services research
inpatients
Journal
Australasian journal on ageing
ISSN: 1741-6612
Titre abrégé: Australas J Ageing
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 9808874
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
revised:
24
06
2021
received:
10
11
2020
accepted:
05
07
2021
pubmed:
5
8
2021
medline:
22
3
2022
entrez:
4
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To describe the variability of allied health services on weekends, relative to weekdays, throughout Australian and New Zealand hospitals. A prospective, cross-sectional observational study embedded within a cluster randomised control trial. Allied health managers provided administrative data relating to allied health service events. In one month, there were a total of 243 549 allied health service events recorded from 91 sampled hospitals. The mean difference between weekday and weekend allied health service events (daily, per ward) for physiotherapy was 6.52 (95% CI 5.65 to 7.40), acute wards 12.03 (95% CI 10.25 to 13.82) and for metropolitan hospitals 14.47 (95% CI 12.22 to 16.73), revealing more allied health service events of longer duration on weekdays compared to weekends. This research is the first of its kind to describe variation in allied health service provision and potential research to practice gaps across weekday and weekend days in various inpatient settings.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
70-80Subventions
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : APP1114210
Organisme : The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
Investigateurs
Meg E Morris
(ME)
Leeanne Carey
(L)
Nicholas F Taylor
(NF)
Anne E Holland
(AE)
Cylie Williams
(C)
Lisa O'Brien
(L)
Elizabeth H Skinner
(EH)
Kathleen Philip
(K)
Kelly-Ann Bowles
(KA)
Informations de copyright
© 2021 AJA Inc,.
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