title: [Experience of the moving day of a general hospital and effect on clinical activity].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the moving day of a general hospital and to analyze the impact on clinical activity in the first few months after the move.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the process of patient transfer and analyze the impact on activity of moving a regional general hospital in Catalonia (Spain) to a new building. Activity was compared in two periods: the first 3 months after the move (period 2) and the same 3 months in the previous year (period 1).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We moved 37 patients without incidents. A total of 18,786 patients were admitted to the emergency room in period 1 and 21,266 were admitted in period 2 (+13.2%). The number of admissions from the emergency room vs elective admissions was 1,314/803 in period 1 and 1,427/979 in period 2 (+8.59%/ +21.91%). The number of outpatient visits in period 1 was 32,116 and 30,777 in period 2 (-4.16%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Proper planning and coordination allowed the hospital to be moved without incidents and without decreasing activity.
authors: Dirección Médica, Hospital Comarcal de Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
authors: Antoni
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authors: Juan
authors: Carles
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authors: Moya
authors: Sara
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authors: Tor
authors: Eva
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authors: Enjamio
authors: Cristina
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authors: Ramos
authors: Catalina
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authors: Hernández
authors: Carolina
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authors: Alarcón
authors: Clara
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authors: García-Terol
authors: Laura
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authors: García-Cruz
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authors: Gómez
authors: Tomás
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authors: Guillén
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authors: Mir
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authors: Ramon
mesh_terms: D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D013030:Spain