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The Hospital Emergency Unit Patient and His Presenting Picture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9104971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David George Satin |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 328-337 |
| Publication date | 1973-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197307000-00006 |
| PMID | 4722655 |
| OpenAlex | W2049667597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 4 |
It is hypothesized that illness behavior in the general hospital emergency unit, no less than in other medical settings, is influenced by background factors and priorities of the applicants for care. Our intention is to assess the relative importance among these factors and to identify their effects on the applicant's presenting picture. A methodology for studying this setting is described. A wide range of applicant demographic, social, economic, agency-use, and recent life stress background data is reported. Presenting complaints are reported through the eyes of the applicant, and mental status is assessed. High-need, low-resource-availability, and high-institution-use groups are identified, and a high incidence of recent life stresses is discovered. Presenting pictures show a broad range of needs and the influence of non-illness factors. Analysis shows covert recent life stress as the major predictor of the presenting picture, with a background of special needs an additional factor. These findings are interpreted in the light of Crisis Theory. The need for careful attention to social-emotional background in the interests of good emergency medical care is highlighted
Agency (philosophy) · Covert · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Unit (ring theory) · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Medicine · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology
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Psychosocial factors influencing non-urgent use of the emergency room
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An ecological study of the relationship between risk indicators for social disintegration and use of a somatic emergency department
Patterns of visits to hospital-based emergency rooms
Predictors of emergency room use by homeless adults in New York City
Compliance in acute and chronic patients receiving a health belief model intervention in the emergency department
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1975 - 2007 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |