ANALYSIS OF INPATIENT STAY AT A TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTRE - ARE THERE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED?
Results
Among 435 admissions in 325 individual patients (average of 1.33
admissions per patient per 3 months), the average length of stay was
8.85 days (range 1-76 days). 17% (74) of admissions were for longer than
two weeks. Admissions were highest for breast (15.6%,68), colorectal
(11.5%,50), head and neck (11%,48), ovarian (9.4%,41) and lung (9.2%,40)
cancers. 80% (348) of admissions were urgent, and20% (87) were
elective. Of the urgent hospital admissions,79% (276) were related to
disease and21% (72) were related to treatment side effects. Of the
disease related admissions 25%(69) were for symptom control; either
pain, constipation or nausea. Elective admissions comprised of inpatient
chemotherapy (48%,42), anti cancer therapies such as radiotherapy
(17.2%,15), supportive procedures such as stenting (28.7%,25) and
diagnostic procedures (6%,5).
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