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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2023
Exploring a hospital's response to children who have no fixed address.
- Sarah Booth, Elysia Azzopardi, and Kim Nguyen.
- Social Work Department, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Emerg Med Australas. 2023 Apr 1; 35 (2): 350352350-352.
ObjectiveTo explore how a tertiary metropolitan public healthcare provider supported children who presented with 'no fixed address' (NFA).MethodsA retrospective data mining of the electronic medical records of patients with an NFA classification, over 12 months period.ResultsData mining identified 475 NFA patients, 6% were children. Of the children with NFA, 96% attended the ED only; 10% were referred internally for psychosocial support; 34% had existing psychosocial services; 69% had no recorded discharge location; and 48% self-discharged prior to assessment.ConclusionThe hospital system did not effectively identify or respond to the psychosocial needs of children with NFA.© 2022 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
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