Assessment of service delays and impact on bed utilisation in a major teaching hospital |
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Authors: | R. Conway F. E. Murray |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beaumont Hospital, Hepatology Unit, Dublin, Ireland;(2) Department of Medicine, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland; |
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Abstract: | Background Increasing economic pressures coupled with an expanding and ageing population and a hostile economic climate have led to growing interest in the optimisation of bed usage within hospitals. There are many causes for delay in a patient’s discharge. |
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