title: Integration of inpatient and outpatient services in an acute care transplant unit.
abstract: Creating an ambulatory outpatient service for transplant recipients in an inpatient care unit allows several goals to be met: decreased inpatient length of stay, decreased cost per case, and increased patient satisfaction. By using 6 inpatient beds for ambulatory outpatient procedures, the leadership staff of an adult inpatient care unit in Mount Sinai Medical Center consolidated adult transplant services into a single area promoting quality transplant care.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cabello
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009519:New York City; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration