EVALUATION OF BENEFITS RELATED TO REDUCED LENGTH OF STAYS IN POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNITS

Authors
TIBILEVY Y DEPOUVOURVILLE G ROZENHOLC Y GOURSOT G CLERGUE F DELEMONTEY B FEISS P LAXENAIRE MC MARTY J BERESNIAK A
Citation
Y. Tibilevy et al., EVALUATION OF BENEFITS RELATED TO REDUCED LENGTH OF STAYS IN POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNITS, International journal of technology assessment in health care, 14(1), 1998, pp. 172-179
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Medical Informatics","Health Care Sciences & Services
Journal title
International journal of technology assessment in health care → ACNP
ISSN journal
02664623
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
172 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4623(1998)14:1<172:EOBRTR>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The study's purpose was to estimate the potential economic benefit of the optimization of postanesthesia care units (PACUs). A simulation mo del was designed and used to test the economic impact of a reduction o f length of stay, For the studied PACU, a reduction of 25% of length o f stay is required to yield significant economic results.