Open Access<p>Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Its Associated Factors at Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Abdulwahid Awol Ahmed,
Shemsedin Amme Ibro,
Gemechis Melkamu,
Sheka Shemsi Seid,
Temamen Tesfaye
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open access emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-1500
DOI - 10.2147/oaem.s254239
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , evening , logistic regression , medical record , odds ratio , emergency medicine , demography , pediatrics , nursing , physics , astronomy , sociology
Prolonged emergency department stays can adversely affect patient outcomes leading to an increased length of hospital admission and higher mortality. Despite this fact, there are few data describing emergency department length of stay and associated factors in Ethiopia.