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• TITLE: Short-Stay Surgery: Impact of Opening a New Unit in a Tertiary Urban Hospital

  AUTHORS: Albert Salazar, Carme Bello, Rosa Muñoz, Ferran Caballero, Carme Rullo, Carme Zaldivar, Xavier Martin, Margarita Esteve, Gemma Craywinckel

  KEYWORDS: Surgery, Short-Stay, Hospital, Management

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol.7 No.11, November 1, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Objective: The number of procedures considered suitable for short-stay surgery has experienced a remarkable increase. The objective of the study was to determine whether a new short-stay surgical unit (SSSU) was an effective alternative to conventional Hospital Units (HU) for selected elective and urgent surgical conditions. Methods: A comparative analysis (Mann-Whitney test) was used to identify differences between patients admitted to HU (n = 2873) and those admitted to the SSSU (n = 544) during the following months (January 1, 2014 to August 31, 2014, and January 1, 2015 to August 31, 2015, respectively). Results: Statistically significant differences were found in terms of mean length of stay (HU: 4.8 days versus SSSU: 2.2 days; P P = 0.02). There were no statistically significant differences regarding age and sex. Conclusions: We conclude that selected surgical patients with elective or acute conditions can be effectively treated in the SSSU.