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BioMed Central, BMC Health Services Research, 1(10), 2010

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-23

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Effectiveness of a Surgery Admission Unit for patients undergoing major elective surgery in a tertiary university hospital

Journal article published in 2010 by B. Ortiga, C. Capdevila, A. Salazar, Mf F. Viso, C. Bartolomé, X. Corbella ORCID
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Abstract Background The increasing demand on hospitalisation, either due to elective activity from the waiting lists or due to emergency admissions coming from the Emergency Department (ED), requires looking for strategies that lead to effective bed management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a surgery admission unit for major elective surgery patients who were admitted for same-day surgery. Methods We included all patients admitted for elective surgery in a university tertiary hospital between the 1st of September and the 31st of December 2006, as well as those admitted during the same period of 2008, after the introduction of the Surgery Admission Unit. The main outcome parameters were global length of stay, pre-surgery length of stay, proportion of patients admitted the same day of the surgery and number of cancellations. Differences between the two periods were evaluated by the T-test and Chi-square test. Significance at P