Differences in Interfacility Transfer from Emergency Department and Inpatient Services for Inpatient Neurologic Care
The majority of observed interhospital non-stroke neurologic transfers occurred to improve access to specialized neurological care for patients, though patients transferred from the ED, as opposed to an inpatient service, had lower health care utilization, and this will be important to consider when developing systems of care and in future research.
Authors
- Vanja C. Douglas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6955-8297)
- Elan L. Guterman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0817-3144)
- Maulik Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0261-7054)
- Megan Richie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8802-7077)
- Anne G. Douglas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6877-8974)
- S Josephson
- Brian M. Sauer
Institutions
- Lee University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Neurohospitalist
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/19418744241273205
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Pennsylvania
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus