title: [The extent of ambulatory surgery. A questionnaire study among hospital directors and senior physicians].
abstract: Hospital directors and surgical chairmen at 34 Norwegian hospitals were interviewed by questionnaire about the extent of day surgery, and their attitudes towards changes in capacity for the future. They were asked about medical, economic and administrative aspects in relation to the extent of day surgery. 88% responded. They estimated the average extent of day surgery to 24% of all surgical procedures. The estimates varied considerably, and those of the hospital directors were significantly higher than the estimates made by senior surgeons at the same hospitals. 64% considered the extent of day surgery to be less than ideal and 52% had plans for more use of day surgery. The majority of the respondents felt that an increase in the extent of day surgery was warranted, in terms of all three aspects investigated.
authors.affiliation: Anestesiavdelingen, Klinikk for akuttmedisin, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Raeder
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D010820:Physicians; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires