The same day admissions unit for elective surgery: A case study

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-379

  Vijay, Vardhini ^a   Kazzaz, Sarmad ^a   Refson, Jonathan ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National Health Service; Patients; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT ADMISSION; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 46749100233     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860810880171     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Surgery Committee (1993), "Same-day surgical admission", Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 946-7.
2. Audit Commission (1990), A Short Cut to Better Services: Day Surgery in England and Wales, HMSO, London.
3. Audit Commission (2001), Day Surgery, HMSO, London.
4. Boothe, P. and Finegan, B.A. (1995), "Changing the admission process for elective surgery: an economic analysis", Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol. 42 No. 5, pp. 391-4.
5. Caplan, G.A., Brown, A., Crowe, P.J., Yap, S.J. and Noble, S. (1998), "Re-engineering the elective surgical service of a tertiary hospital: a historical controlled trial", The Medical Journal of Australia, Vol. 169 No. 5, pp. 247-51.
6. Ryan, R., Davoren, J., Grant, H. and Delbridge, L. (2004), "A 23-hour care centre model for the management of surgical patients", ANZ Journal of Surgery, Vol. 74 No. 9, pp. 754-9.