title: Find out what's causing unplanned admissions.
abstract: Hospitals have seen a tremendous increase in the number of surgical procedures performed in the outpatient setting. This change in practice has implications for patient care quality and hospital resource use. Does ambulatory surgery impair quality? Are strict controls on resource use resulting in unexpected hospital inpatient admissions?
authors.affiliation: Brown-Spath Associates, Forest Grove, OR, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spath
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States