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Internal medicine journal · Apr 2023
Analysing Monday discharges to identify lost opportunities for weekend discharge.
- Margaret Shyu, Sophia Golec, Justine Anderson, Anne S Linker, Vinh-Tung Nguyen, Beth Raucher, and Andrew Dunn.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
- Intern Med J. 2023 Apr 1; 53 (4): 625628625-628.
AbstractLower rates of hospital discharge occur on weekends compared with weekdays. The authors performed a retrospective chart review of Monday discharges from the Hospital Medicine service at an academic hospital over a 3-month period to identify reasons for delayed discharge despite medical stability. Of 202 eligible patients, 81 (40%) had documentation indicating stability for earlier discharge. Common causes included bed availability or insurance authorisation at a skilled nursing facility, home care services and patient/family disagreement with discharge.© 2023 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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