Are longer hospital stays beneficial for the elderly?
Utilization review is a way to manage healthcare costs and is widespread in Canada, as managers attempt to use available acute-care beds in a best practice manner. As we reduce beds and decrease length of stay, we often wonder if the outcomes for patients are affected, particularly if the patients are elderly.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
M Suzanne
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Sheppard
Melanie R
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Rathgeber
Joanne M
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Franko
Diane M
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Treppel
Sharon E
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Card
Cordell O
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Neudorf
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019985:Benchmarking; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D014600:Utilization Review