Koh K, Smith P, Whelan P
Department of Urology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds.
J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1995 Feb;40(1):46-8.
A large part of the total cost of the treatment of surgical patients in hospitals is from the duration of hospitalization. Urology is well suited for short-stay surgery, and a large proportion of our work is elective in nature. We audited our in-patients over a 6-month period and found that 77% of our patients stayed for 3 days or fewer. The advantages of having elective 5-day beds in maintaining our throughput without requiring an increase in the total number of beds is discussed.
医院中外科患者治疗总成本的很大一部分来自住院时长。泌尿外科非常适合进行短期手术，并且我们的大部分工作本质上都是选择性的。我们对6个月内的住院患者进行了审计，发现77%的患者住院时间为3天或更短。本文讨论了设置选择性5天床位在维持我们的诊疗量而无需增加床位总数方面的优势。
