Management system for a reference hospital

Abstract

Objective: to know the profile and demand of urgency and emergency referred to the high complexity service before and after the implementation of a regulation system. Methodology: retrospective study conducted by statistical analysis of administrative reports from the Hospital de Clinicas de Botucatu, considered two periods between 2015 and 2018. The number of patients was 8,921 before and 10,450 after the implementation of regulation. The study was approved by the institution's Research Ethics Committee. Results: there was a prevalence of resident population of the municipality of Botucatu, male with a mean age of 40 years, who entered the service due to fracture, trauma, heart disease and stroke with a mean time of regulation of 1 hour, 43 minutes and 48 seconds. Conclusion: referrals classified as minimum urgency accounted for 55.1% of requests, 12.5% of referrals were counter-referenced. Knowledge of flow and demand contributes to patient regulation.