Kroovand R L, Perlmutter A D
J Urol. 1978 Oct;120(4):483-4. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)57237-7.
Short stay surgery represents an innovation in the delivery and cost of medical care. The short stay surgical unit at the Children's Hospital of Michigan has provided urologic care for 311 children during the most recent 12 months of its operation. Eighteen patients (5.7 per cent) required postoperative hospitalization. No children have required rehospitalization after discharge from the short stay unit. Short stay surgery in pediatric urology has resulted in more economic and efficient use of hospital facilities and has decreased cost per procedure. Morbidity has not increased. Short stay surgery is well accepted by the child, parent and referring physician, and has not posed problems for the operating surgeons. Short stay urologic surgery is safe and applicable to many diagnostic and therapeutic urologic surgical procedures.
短期住院手术是医疗服务提供方式和成本方面的一项创新。密歇根儿童医院的短期住院手术科室在其运营的最近12个月里为311名儿童提供了泌尿科护理。18名患者（5.7%）术后需要住院治疗。没有儿童在从短期住院科室出院后需要再次住院。小儿泌尿外科的短期住院手术实现了医院设施更经济高效的利用，并降低了每次手术的成本。发病率并未增加。短期住院手术很受儿童、家长和转诊医生的认可，并且没有给手术外科医生带来问题。短期住院泌尿外科手术是安全的，适用于许多诊断性和治疗性泌尿外科手术。
