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November 30, 2025Emergency Medicine Australasia

Examining the Trends in Long Inpatient Length of Stay for Patients Admitted From New South Wales Emergency Departments 2015–2022: A State‐Wide Data Linkage Study

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MFMichele FiorentinoMDMichael M DinhRSRadhika Seimon

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Overview

Retrospective cohort study shows increased inpatient length of stay in NSW, indicating higher comorbidity and mental health disorders contribute to hospital overcrowding.

Key Points

  • Inpatient length of stay increased by 14% for 9-16 days and by 33% for over 16 days.
  • Across over 4.5 million admissions analyzed from 2015 to 2022, key factors impacting stay included comorbidity and mental health disorders.
  • This retrospective cohort study utilized linked data from hospitals, examining trends and potential associations over eight years.
  • The findings highlight urgent implications for hospital overcrowding due to prolonged stays and specific diagnostic categories.

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Fiorentino et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692b9da01d383f2b2a37a357https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70177
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