Optimising Treatment Delivery and Reducing Length of Stay in an Adult In-Patient Unit

[摘要] Aims Lifetime prevalence of eating disorders worldwide is 8.4% (3.3–18.6%) for women and 2.2% (0.8–6.5%) for men and this prevalence has been increasing over time. Anorexia nervosa has become a greater burden on secondary care: Not only have admission rates increased, but so too have multiple admissions per person with Anorexia Nervosa. Conservative treatment approaches and long lengths of stay have both direct and indirect costs for patients, hinder access to the service for potential patients and reduce service cost effectiveness. Ramsay Clinic Hollywood is a voluntary, private ten bed adult eating disorder inpatient service in Perth, Western Australia (WA). It is the only inpatient eating disorder specialist service for people over the age of 16, in both the private and public sector in WA. Over the past eight years, our focus has been on optimizing treatment delivery to minimise time spent in hospital for individuals with anorexia. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether instituting a rapid refeeding protocol was effective in optimising treatment outcomes, such as rate of refeeding and reducing length of stay (LOS).

[学科分类] 计算机科学（综合）