Impact of long-stay beds on the performance of a tertiary hospital in emergencies

• Main Authors: Antonio Pazin-Filho (Author), Edna de Almeida (Author), Leni Peres Cirilo (Author), Frederica Montanari Lourençato (Author), Lisandra Maria Baptista (Author), José Paulo Pintyá (Author), Ronaldo Dias Capeli (Author), Sonia Maria Pirani Felix da Silva (Author), Claudia Maria Wolf (Author), Marcelo Marcos Dinardi (Author), Sandro Scarpelini (Author), Maria Cecília Damasceno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of implementing long-stay beds for patients of low complexity and high dependency in small hospitals on the performance of an emergency referral tertiary hospital. METHODS For this longitudinal study, we identified hospitals in three municipalities of a region...