Surgical audit--workload, utilisation of manpower and beds, pattern of admission and operations in a community teaching hospital.
The first surgical audit from a South African teaching hospital is presented. During a 1-year period (1987) 1,725 patients were treated in a 60-bed unit (29 patients/bed/yr). Eighty per cent of admissions were emergencies; 1036 operative procedures were performed (45% emergency operations). Aspects of workload, utilisation of beds, pattern of admission and operations are discussed. The audit indicated that a surgical unit in an urban teaching hospital for white patients serves mainly as an acute surgical facility.
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D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D008485:Medical Audit; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013019:South Africa; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data