Patterns in hospitals' use of a regional poison information center
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11019106 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire Chafee-Bahamon, Debra L Caplan, Frederick H Lovejoy |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 396-400 |
| Publication date | 1983-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.73.4.396 |
| PMID | 6829822 |
| OpenAlex | W2078550847 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
A statewide poison center undertook a study to identify types of hospitals which used its information services. Initial trends in calls from hospitals to the center over the center's first two years and percentages of hospitals' patient caseloads for which the center consulted were analyzed for 104 acute care hospitals by hospitals' location, size, and emergency room staffing. After the center's establishment as a regional resource, emergency room staff in urban teaching hospitals showed the greatest increase in calls within a year (88 per cent) and the highest consultation rates for poison patients seen (57 per cent). Private physician emergency room staff, and staff in distant and rural hospitals, showed lower or no increases in calls and lower consultation rates. Findings suggest that private physician emergency room staff and staff in distant and rural hospitals be considered for poison center outreach. Marketing of consultation services for non-pediatric overdoses is also indicated
Center (category theory) · Emergency rooms · Family medicine · Information center · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Outreach · Poison control · Poison control center · Retrospective cohort study · Staffing · Suicide prevention · Trauma center · Emergency Medicine · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Health Sciences Research and Education · Healthcare Systems and Technology · Medicine · Nursing
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 2003 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |