title: Day surgery.
abstract: Costing half as much as inpatient treatment, with good results and advantages to patients, day surgery might be expected to be more widespread than it is. Purchasers may be those who push for more by specifying targets for day surgery for certain procedures. How can managers respond?
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoare
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom