Evaluation of a dedicated short-stay unit for acute medical admissions
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Evaluation of a dedicated short-stay unit for acute medical admissions.
The number of acute medical admissions to hospital continues to rise although not all need a prolonged stay. At the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, a short-stay unit (SSU) was developed specifically for such patients. Admissions to SSU over the first three weeks of 2006 were assessed. A total of 209 patients were admitted to SSU (10 patients a day). This accounted for 35% of all admissions...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-1-18