OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to retrospectively analyze the clinical presentation, surgical management, and cost implications of inpatients treated for odontogenic infections at a public tertiary care hospital. STUDY DESIGN Specific analysis from 3 years of chart review included length of stay, cost of hospitalization, site of infection, number of infected spaces, microbiology pr...

The length of stay (L.O.S.) in psychiatric inpatient units has become increasingly relevant as external pressures for economic justification of this expensive treatment modality have reinforced clinical and research misgivings about possible adverse effects of hospitalization (Krishner 1982). In a country like India, where the number of psychiatric beds is 0.03 to 0.04 per thousand population, ...

BACKGROUND UK health services are under pressure to make cost savings while maintaining quality of care. Typically reducing the length of time patients stay in hospital and increasing bed occupancy are advocated to achieve service efficiency. Around 800,000 women give birth in the UK each year making maternity care a high volume, high cost service. Although average length of stay on the postnat...

BACKGROUND Open appendectomy (OA) has traditionally been the treatment for acute appendicitis (AA). Beneficial effects of laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) for the treatment of AA are still controversial. AIM To present our technique for LA and to determine whether LA should be the technique of choice of any case of AA instead of OA. MATERIAL AND METHODS All cases operated for AA (February 201...