综合性医院合理缩短平均住院日的措施探讨

通过对上海交通大学医学院附属新华医院8年来平均住院日等相关核心医疗指标分析,平均住院日与出院病人数、病床使用率、病床周转率等存在高度负相关,医院在确保医疗质量和医疗安全的前提下,采取了一系列科学合理的措施,有效地缩短平均住院日。在2000～2007年间核定床位增长22.8%的情况下,平均住院日降低了26.12%,随着平均住院日的缩短、病床使用率提高、出院病人数逐年增多,2007年较2000年增加了59.28%、手术人数增加了89.42%、为病人节省费用7674.30万元,有效地缓解了病人住院难、看病贵的矛盾。

Discussion on the measures to properly shorten average length of stay in general hospital

According to the analysis of average length of stay and other core medical index of Xin Hua Hospital in the recenteight years, we find that the average length of stay has a high degree of negative correlation with such index as the number ofdischarged inpatients, occupancy rate of beds, turn-over rate of beds and so on. On the basis of ensuring the quality and safetyof medical treatment, we have taken a series of scientific and proper measures and effectively shortened the average length of stay.During the ...