A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates

BACKGROUND: The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a Norwegian general hospital, the pathway for elective surgery was redesigned. The changes included earlier clinical assessment of...

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Autores principales: Hovlid, Einar, Bukve, Oddbjørn, Haug, Kjell, Aslaksen, Aslak Bjarne, von Plessen, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22686475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-154

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22686475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-154

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