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| A prospective evaluation of discharge efficiency in a university general medical unit | | Author(s) | A G Johnson, D G Le Couteur, P Martin |
| Journal title | Australian Journal on Ageing, vol 16, no 4, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 158-160 |
| Keywords | Discharge [hospitals] ; Efficiency ; Evaluation ; Australia. |
| Annotation | To determine whether a significant delay existed between the date when patients admitted to an Australian general medical hospital unit were considered to be medically fit for discharge, and the date of actual discharge from the ward, the authors undertook a prospective evaluation of all general medical patients admitted during a 3-month period in 1995. A delay in discharge from the ward of more than one day occurred in 31.1% of patients, with the total number of days attributed to discharge delays representing 17% of all bed days. The two major causes of delays in discharge identified were insufficient institutional care beds and failure to plan patient discharges. Strategies proposed to improve discharge efficiency included early discharge planning, the provision of interim care wards, and in the longer term, the provision of increased nursing home and hostel beds. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980625232 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKJ: 5HA: 4C: 7YA |
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