Ridley S A, Burchett K, Burns A, Gunning K
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Rd, Norwich NR1 3SR, UK.
Anaesthesia. 1999 Jun;54(6):521-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00801.x.
When compared with changes in hospital activity, corresponding fluctuations in critical-care activity are not clear. Therefore, trends in hospital activity were compared with those of the critical-care services and simple patient demographic details. The results suggest that while the size of hospitals remained static, hospital admissions and outpatient attendances increased by 5% each year. During the same period, the number of critical-care beds increased by 21.4%. Despite this increase in capacity, the activity of the critical-care services continued to increase by a similar 5% per annum, indicating a huge surge in critical-care workload. The results indicate that the increase in the rate of activity in hospitals and critical-care services is similar but the workload of the critical-care services is increasing much faster. This suggests that the demand for critical care may be generated from within hospitals.
与医院业务量的变化相比，重症监护业务量的相应波动并不明显。因此，将医院业务量的趋势与重症监护服务的趋势以及简单的患者人口统计学细节进行了比较。结果表明，虽然医院规模保持不变，但医院入院人数和门诊就诊人数每年均增长5%。在同一时期，重症监护病床数量增加了21.4%。尽管容量有所增加，但重症监护服务的业务量仍以每年类似的5%的速度持续增长，这表明重症监护工作量大幅增加。结果表明，医院和重症监护服务的业务活动增长率相似，但重症监护服务的工作量增长得快得多。这表明重症监护的需求可能源自医院内部。
