[PDF] Top 20 Reducing Hospital Lengths of Stay by Discharge Status

... in hospital stays for discharges to nursing homes were imple- mented through programs that moved patients at the end of their stays to post discharge services in the ... See full document

... of stay reduction in the Syracuse hospitals was also supported by monthly data for adult medicine and adult surgery institution specific stays compared with severity adjusted national ...procedure, ... See full document

... living status, employment status, travel distance to the hospital, anxiety, discharge status, satisfaction with procedure and satisfaction with hospital ... See full document

... The potential confounders included number of diagnoses, in- surance type, patient age in years, race of patient, admission source, performance of procedure, teaching status of hospital, and hospital ... See full document

... pital stay [28], indicating that the policy is not being uni- versally ...from hospital within 24 hours after giv- ing birth, in contrast to one in five of the more SEA ...following discharge as ... See full document

... pital stay, the decrease in work-hours of health care pro- viders, and the increasing number of patient transitions between departments and institutions requires effective patient handovers, especially those of ... See full document

... tional status was measured at 3 and 6 months from the index hospital ...register. Hospital admissions, hospital days and length of hos- pital stay included the patients’ index ... See full document

... the hospital wants patients discharged quickly once inpatient rehabilitation is completed to provide that bed to the next patient; that the hospital stay may be longer than 3 months in exceptionally ... See full document

... Derby hospital with a neurological com- plaint that is deemed to be critical on a day when no spe- cialist neurological cover is available patients are transferred to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust ... See full document

... inpatient lengths of stay for the hospitals have been longer than the national average, especially for discharges to nursing homes and home health ... See full document

... These data identify numbers of hospital discharges and lengths of stay in the Syracuse hospitals by All Patient Refined Severity of Illness for the two largest acute care services, adult[r] ... See full document

... admitting hospital, patient ’ s age, prin- cipal diagnosis code (international classi fi cation of dis- eases (ICD)-10) and outcome in three categories: discharged alive, died or ... See full document

... In order to answer the research question, several analyses are conducted. First, it was important to gain insight into the average length of hospital stay in the current situation. Second, gaining insight ... See full document

... inpatient hospital lengths of stay for patients with and without the pneumonia Potentially Preventable Compli- cation in the Syracuse ...mean lengths of stay ...Individual ... See full document

... clinicians, hospital ad- ministrators, and ...early discharge planning focused on functional needs’ assessment for discharge home, pa- tient and caregiver education and follow-up, medication review ... See full document

... early discharge policies were being implemented, has several possible ...early discharge policies were implemented sug- gests that either physicians are responding to these policies by classifying more ... See full document

... the discharge are mostly anaerobic in ...of hospital stay and time taken for complete healing of the would is noted to be lowest in the Limberg flap ... See full document

... of hospital admissions, provides opportunities for coexist- ent diseases to ...or hospital stays, however, this analysis was not part of our study and further studies are ... See full document

... were hospital LOS and dispos- ition at ...Short- stay patients (≤2 days) incur the lowest care costs, even when compared to those with LOS of 3–5 days [23], and this can be considered an achievable goal ... See full document

... Due to the fear of occurrence of the surgical site infection post operatively, many surgeons prescribe antimicrobials for a period of 7-10 days for even clean cases. This may lead to more expense to the patients and also ... See full document