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September 10, 2025Emergency Medicine Australasia

The Impact of Interim Care Plans for Direct Inpatient Admissions on Emergency Department Length of Stay: A Retrospective Single‐Site Matched‐Cohort Study

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HTHenry TsaoACAdam CuretonRTRory Thompson

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Overview

Retrospective study revealed shorter ED length of stay in patients with interim care plans, suggesting improved admissions practices.

Key Points

  • Patients with interim care plans had a significantly shorter ED length of stay, averaging 535 minutes compared to 995 minutes for those without.
  • The primary outcome demonstrated a statistically significant difference in ED length of stay, with a p-value of less than 0.001.
  • This retrospective matched-cohort study analyzed adult admissions under general medicine or cardiology over 12 months.
  • The findings suggest interim care plans reduce ED length of stay without increasing rates of adverse patient outcomes.

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Tsao et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23bd7b210217d64786c1fhttps://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70132
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