Evaluation of Benefits Related to Reduced Length of Stays in Postanesthesia Care Units
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstract
The study's purpose was to estimate the potential economic benefit of the optimization of postanesthesia care units (PACUs). A simulation model was designed and used to test the economic impact of a reduction of length of stay. For the studied PACU, a reduction of 25% of length of stay is required to yield significant economic results.
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- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , Winter 1998 , pp. 172 - 179
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998
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