
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ou, Lixin 
A1  - Young, Lis 
A1  - Chen, Jack 
A1  - Santiano, Nancy 
A1  - Baramy, La-Stacey 
A1  - Hillman, Ken 
T1  - Discharge delay in acute care: reasons and determinants of delay in general ward patients
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2009
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
SP  - 513
EP  - 521
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH090513 
N2  - To identify the reasons and determinants of discharge delay in acute care patients, information associated with delayed discharge was extracted from the medical record of 1958 patients in a tertiary referral hospital in New South Wales. A logistic regression model was used to examine the association between demographic factors and reasons for discharge delay. Delayed discharge was most commonly associated with the patient?s medical conditions, delayed health care or medical consultation, delayed diagnostic services and delayed allied health services. Elderly patients, those living alone and patients from a non-English- speaking background were more likely to have these reasons for delayed discharge. 
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