Specialty unit | |||||||
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Patient health and service outcomes | Diabetes A (n=40) | Diabetes B (n=40) | Renal A (n=40) | Renal B (n=40) | Wound & stoma care (n=40) | Psychiatrics (n=40) | Continence (n=40) |
Service outcomes | |||||||
Number of Accident & Emergency visits | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Number of hospital admissions | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Length of hospital stay | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Number of acute complications | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – | √ |
Number of times of treatment / medication regimen altered by nurses according to patients’ condition | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – | √ |
Health outcomes | |||||||
HbA1c level | √ | √ | – | – | – | – | – |
Urea level | – | – | √ | √ | – | – | – |
Urea creatinine ratio | – | – | √ | √ | – | – | – |
Number of dressings for wound healed | – | – | – | – | √ | – | – |