title: Day medicine: an urgent internal medicine clinic and medical procedures suite.
abstract: During Saskatchewan's healthcare reform of the 1990s, the number of acute hospital beds in Saskatoon District Health was cut in half. The emergency room and outpatient facilities were not able to accommodate an increasing number of patients needing urgent assessments and medical procedures. In this article, we describe the development, implementation and utilization of a day medicine program. This description may be useful to others planning healthcare delivery to medical patients, especially in a setting of resource constraint.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
authors.forename: H Jay
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Biem
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boechler
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gudmundson
mesh_terms: D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003954:Diagnostic Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012525:Saskatchewan; D014600:Utilization Review