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dc.title | National inventory of emergency departments in Singapore | |
dc.contributor.author | Wen, L.S | |
dc.contributor.author | Venkataraman, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Sullivan, A.F | |
dc.contributor.author | Camargo, C.A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-10T00:37:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-10T00:37:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wen, L.S, Venkataraman, A, Sullivan, A.F, Camargo, C.A (2012). National inventory of emergency departments in Singapore. International Journal of Emergency Medicine 5 (1) : 38. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-5-38 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 18651372 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/183241 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Emergency departments (EDs) are the basic units of emergency care. We performed a national inventory of all Singapore EDs and describe their characteristics and capabilities. Methods: Singapore EDs accessible to the general public 24/7 were surveyed using the National ED Inventories instrument (www.emnet-nedi.org). ED staff members were asked about ED characteristics with reference to calendar year 2007. Results: Fourteen EDs participated (100% response). All EDs were located in hospitals, and most (92%) were independent departments. One was a psychiatric ED; the rest were general EDs. Among general EDs, all had a contiguous layout, with medical and surgical care provided in one area. All but two EDs saw both adults and children; one ED was adult-only, and the other saw only children. Six were in the public sector and seven in private health-care institutions, with public EDs seeing the majority (78%) of ED patients. Each private ED had an annual patient census of <30,000. These EDs received 2% of ambulances and had an inpatient admission rate of 7%. Each public ED had an annual census of >60,000. They received 98% of ambulances and had an inpatient admission rate of 30%. Two public EDs reported being overcapacity; no private EDs did. For both public and private EDs, availability of consultant resources in EDs was high, while technological resources varied. Conclusion: Characteristics and capabilities of Singapore EDs varied and were largely dependent on whether they are in public or private hospitals. This initial inventory establishes a benchmark to further monitor the development of emergency care in Singapore. © 2012 Wen et al.; licensee Springer. | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.source | Unpaywall 20201031 | |
dc.subject | adolescent | |
dc.subject | adult | |
dc.subject | ambulance | |
dc.subject | article | |
dc.subject | child | |
dc.subject | cross-sectional study | |
dc.subject | emergency care | |
dc.subject | emergency health service | |
dc.subject | emergency ward | |
dc.subject | health care policy | |
dc.subject | health survey | |
dc.subject | hospital admission | |
dc.subject | human | |
dc.subject | infant | |
dc.subject | inventory control | |
dc.subject | medical care | |
dc.subject | priority journal | |
dc.subject | private hospital | |
dc.subject | public hospital | |
dc.subject | Singapore | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL | |
dc.description.doi | 10.1186/1865-1380-5-38 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | International Journal of Emergency Medicine | |
dc.description.volume | 5 | |
dc.description.issue | 1 | |
dc.description.page | 38 | |
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