Research Article
Deliberate Self-Poisoning Presenting to an Emergency Medicine Network in South-East Melbourne: A Descriptive Study
Table 2
Disposition from Emergency Department.
| | ED disposition | Casey | Dandenong | MMC Clayton | value |
| | Returning to usual residence | 657 (62.22) | 357 (28.49) | 670 (53.73) | | | Subcategories | | | | | | Home | 646 (61.17) | 349 (27.85) | 652 (52.29) | | | Mental health residential facility | 3 (0.28) | 3 (0.24) | 10 (0.80) | | | Correctional/custodial facility | 5 (0.47) | 4 (0.32) | 2 (0.16) | | | Residential care facility/Nursing home | 3 (0.28) | 1 (0.08) | 6 (0.48) | | | Ward of the same Hospital Campus Subcategories | 271 (25.66) | 769 (61.37) | 429 (34.40) | | | ED/Short Stay Observation Unit | 48 (4.55) | 469 (37.43) | 34 (2.73) | | | Hospital ward | 99 (9.38) | 113 (9.02) | 237 (19.01) | | | Mental Health Bed | 96 (9.09) | 67 (5.35) | 88 (7.06) | | | ICU | 28 (2.65) | 120 (9.58) | 70 (5.61) | | | Left before treatment completed | 56 (5.30) | 109 (8.70) | 104 (8.34) | | | Subcategories | | | | | | Left at own risk, without treatment | 29 (2.75) | 55 (4.39) | 58 (4.65) | | | Left at own risk, after treatment started | 24 (2.27) | 49 (3.91) | 43 (3.45) | | | Left after clinical advice regarding treatment | 3 (0.28) | 5 (0.40) | 3 (0.24) | | | Transferred to another Hospital (not Monash Health) | 71 (6.72) | 13 (1.04) | 41 (3.29) | | | CCU | 1 (0.09) | 5 (0.40) | 2 (0.16) | | | Deceased | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.08) | |
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Significant difference exits between hospital areas (Chi square, < 0.001); for CCU and Deceased thetest was not performed due to small numbers.
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