The Patient Flow of Marine Disease and Nonbattle Injury Conditions within a Multi-Echelon System of Care
1999; Oxford University Press; Volume: 164; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/milmed/164.10.731
ISSN1930-613X
AutoresG. Jay Walker, Christopher G. Blood,
Tópico(s)Occupational Health and Safety Research
ResumoHospitalization data were extracted for Marines who incurred disease and nonbattle injuries in Vietnam from 1965 through 1969, and the inter-echelon movement of each patient who was hospitalized at an echelon II or III facility was tracked until the treatment was completed or until the patient was moved to a continental U.S. facility. The inter-echelon flow of treatment for different types of diagnosis categories was also examined. Results showed that approximately three-fourths of the patients admitted to echelon II or III facilities had no further treatment recorded at a higher echelon of care. Less than one-fifth of the patients required treatment at an echelon IV or echelon V facility. Of the major diagnostic categories, those with infective or parasitic diseases had the lowest percentage of patients treated at echelon IV or V facilities.
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