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A Chart Review Of Acute Care Inter-Hospital Transfers From Rural Wv Hospitals, Dilip Nair, Freddie Vaughan, Katherine Bennett
A Chart Review Of Acute Care Inter-Hospital Transfers From Rural Wv Hospitals, Dilip Nair, Freddie Vaughan, Katherine Bennett
Marshall Journal of Medicine
Abstract
Objective: To document the characteristics of acute care patient transfers from rural West Virginia hospitals.
Data Sources/Study Setting: Hospital patient charts in rural West Virginia hospitals
Design: We examined 40 acute care patient transfers from rural West Virginia hospitals for patients’ age, gender, race and primary health insurance, the diagnosis and desired specialty service. We compared patients who were not transferred. For each transfer we collected data on the reason for transfer, the availability of beds of the appropriate acuity level as well as the availability of the relevant specialty at the time of transfer.
Principal Findings: Transferred patients …