Allocation of emergency ward patients to medicine departments: increasing physicians' incentive to shorten length of stay

• Published in: Public health reviews Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 37
• Main Authors: Rotstein, Z, Barabash, G, Noy, S, Wilf-Miron, R, Shani, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 1996
• Subjects: Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration; Hospital Departments - statistics & numerical data; Israel; Length of Stay; Patient Transfer; Israel

Duration of hospital stay is one of the major determinants of hospital cost. In addition, high bed occupancy, especially in internal medicine departments, can delay the admission of patients from the emergency ward. To shorten average hospital stay and hasten admission of patients from the emergency...