Reducing Hospitalization for Long Stay Patients

• 作者: Mary Luziani Ronald Lagoe Shelly Littau
• 来源期刊: 临床医学病理报告(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Hospitals HOSPITAL LENGTHS of Stay LONG TERM Care
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（8）
• 页码范围: 221-226
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

This case study described the structure and preliminary impact of a hospital program to improve efficiency by reducing long stays for adult medicine inpatients. The program focused resources on these patients, including an experienced case management staff, effective relationships with long term care providers, and Subacute and Complex Care services. The program caused the total number of adult medicine patient days associated with these patients to decline by 1593, or 4780 on an annual basis.