A program to decrease hospital stay in acute burn patients

A program of early excision, increased outpatient care, and aggressive discharge planning was introduced gradually over a 5 yr period from 1991 to 1995 with the goal of decreasing the length of stay for burn patients. Results from 1 January 1991, to 30 June 1993, were compared with results from 1 Ju...

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Published inBurns Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 498 - 500
Main Authors Still, Joseph, Donker, Keith, Law, Edward, Thiruvaiyaru, Dharma
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1997
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Burn Units
Burns
Burns - diagnosis
Burns - economics
Burns - mortality
Burns - therapy
Female
Health Care Costs
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Length of Stay - economics
Male
Medical sciences
Policy Making
Program Evaluation
Reference Values
Survival Rate
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
United States
United States
Burn
Human
Period
Duration
Hospitalization
Severe
Therapeutic protocol
Trauma
Comparative study
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Summary:A program of early excision, increased outpatient care, and aggressive discharge planning was introduced gradually over a 5 yr period from 1991 to 1995 with the goal of decreasing the length of stay for burn patients. Results from 1 January 1991, to 30 June 1993, were compared with results from 1 July 1993 to 31 December 1995. Burns under and over 25 percent were considered separately. There was a significant reduction in LOS of 51.4 percent for burns under 25 percent. There was also a significant reduction in LOS of 23.7 percent for burns over 25% TSA. There was no significant difference in age, burn size or mortality between the early and late groups.
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ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00044-2