Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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Palliative medicine is increasingly important in the health services. ⋯ The treatment of cancer-related pain in a home-care setting could be improved. Cooperation between the hospital and home-based care is at present suboptimal. Documentation relating to terminal care in the patient records should be improved.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Sep 2001
Review[Elective surgery--cancellations, ring fencing and efficiency].
We set out to study to what extent emergency admissions disturb elective surgical activities, resulting in decreasing efficiency and fewer elective procedures. We looked at the evidence of whether ring fencing elective surgery is an effective strategy to reduce disturbance from emergency activities, and improve the overall efficiency in hospitals with emergency as well as elective activities. ⋯ The belief that ring fencing is an effective strategy to decrease cancellations and increase hospital efficiency seems to be anchored in a priori reasoning rather than in published evidence.