Understanding the drivers on medical workloads: an analysis of spectators at the Australian Football League

作者：Zeitz Kathryn^*; Haghighi Pari Delir; Burstein Frada; Williams Jeffrey

来源：Australian Health Review, 2013, 37(3): 402-406.

DOI：10.1071/AH13032

• crowd safety
• crowd size
• emergency medical workload
• mass gathering
• patient presentation rate

Objective. The present study was designed to further understand the psychosocial drivers of crowds impacting on the demand for healthcare. This involved analysing different spectator crowds for medical usage at mass gatherings; more specifically, did different football team spectators (of the Australian Football League) generate different medical usage rates. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods. In total, 317 games were analysed from 10 venues over 2 years. Data were analysed by the ANOVA and Pearson correlation tests. %26lt;br%26gt;Results. Spectators who supported different football teams generated statistically significant differences in patient presentation rates (PPR) (F-15,F- 618 = 1.998, P = 0.014). The present study confirmed previous findings that there is a positive correlation between the crowd size and PPR at mass gatherings but found a negative correlation between density and PPR (r = -0.206, n = 317, P %26lt; 0.0005). %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions. The present study has attempted to scientifically explore psychosocial elements of crowd behaviour as a driver of demand for emergency medical care. In measuring demand for emergency medical services there is a need to develop a more sophisticated understanding of a variety of drivers in addition to traditional metrics such as temperature, crowd size and other physical elements. In this study we saw that spectators who supported different football teams generated statistically significant differences in PPR.

• 出版日期2013