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.
Sheppard
M Suzanne
MS
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
Rathgeber
Melanie R
MR
Franko
Joanne M
JM
Treppel
Diane M
DM
Card
Sharon E
SE
Neudorf
Cordell O
CO
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