All issues > Volume 36(12); 1993

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1993;36(12):1732-1739. Published online December 15, 1993.

Stastical Studies on Pediatric Emergency Room Patients

Kyoung Dug KD Moon¹, Won Ah WA Park¹, Hae Kyung HK Lee¹, Young Hee YH Yu¹, Hyun Suk HS Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Korean Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The authors reviewed 3145 pediatric patients who visited the emergecy room in the hospital during 3yrs period from Jan. 1989 to Dec. 1991. 1) Among the patients visiting the emergency room, the patients under 15 years of age were 26.4% (3145) of total emergency patients (11930). 2) Yearly distribution of patients were decreased 17% between 1989 and 1991. 3) Monthly distribution of visits showed higher incidence in June and July. The male to female ratio was 1.5 : 1. 4) Weekly distribution of visits showed higher incidence on Sunday and Saturday, relatively. 5) Most popular time of visiting the emergency room was between 8 : 00 PM to 12 : 00 PM during which time 29.5% of all pediatric patient were seen. 6) Distribution of age showed peak incidence between 6 and 12 years of age (30.9%). 7) 65.18% of total emergency room isits pediatric patients 8) Distribution of cases was as follows : Respiratory disease 37%, accident, GI disease in turn listed respectively in ecreasing order of frequency. 9) The admission rate through emergency was 8.5% of total pediatric emergency patients. 10) 82.3% of total emergency visits had medical insurance coverage, 7% had no insurance and 10.7% were on medical program.

Keywords :Emergency room, Pediatric patients