Towards saving a million bed days: Reducing length of stay through an acute oncology model of care for inpatients diagnosed as having cancer

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 718-724

  King, Judy ^a   Ingham Clark, Celia ^b   Parker, Cathy ^b   Jennings, Richard ^b   Leonard, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; AGED; BIOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79960713611     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.044313     Document Type: Review

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