title: Hospital stay on acute care units for non-acute reasons: Effects of patient pre-hospitalization and admission factors.
abstract: This study identifies patient risk factors present prior to an acute hospitalization that are associated with occupying acute care beds for non-acute reasons on the 30thday of a hospitalization. Data from 952 adult patients were obtained, among which 333 (35%) were evaluated as non-acute on their 30thday. Inability to move in and out of the bed, cognitive impairment, receiving home or community healthcare services prior to hospitalization, unavailable family resources, a secondary diagnosis within the mental and behavioural category, and age ≥75 years were found to increase the risk of occupying acute care beds for non-acute reasons, while patients with a feeding tube were less likely to be non-acute at day 30.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afilalo
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soucy
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. xiaoqing.xue@mail.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Antoinette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colacone
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, CHUM Notre-Dame Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jourdenais
authors.affiliation: Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Boivin