Will hospital based short stay assessment units improve efficiency of paediatric services?

Senanayake, M. P.; De Silva, T. U. N.; Weerasuriya, D. C.

dc.contributor.author	Senanayake, M. P.
dc.contributor.author	De Silva, T. U. N.
dc.contributor.author	Weerasuriya, D. C.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-18T06:59:04Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-18T06:59:04Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.citation	Senanayake, M. P., De Silva, T. U. N., & Weerasuriya, D. C. (2007). Will hospital based short stay assessment units improve efficiency of paediatric services?. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 36, 57-9.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/5979
dc.description.abstract	Hospital based short stay observation units staffed by trained medical and nursing personnel have been documented to improve efficiency of paediatric services1,2,3,4. Reducing patient admissions will decrease midnight occupancy, night time nursing work load and health care costs and preserve the available resources for indoor paediatric patients. Length of hospital stay is related to psychological problems that follow hospitalization of children and is another reason for keeping acute paediatric admissions to a minimum5 . At the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo (LRH) outdoor nebulisation is provided by the Emergency Treatment Unit of the out patients department but assessment or observation units as an alternative to acute admissions is currently available only to patients with diarrhoea, suspected dengue fever, head injuries or those needing minor surgical procedures. General paediatric admissions lack this facility.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Sri Lanka college of pediatricians	en_US
dc.subject	hospital admissions	en_US
dc.subject	assessment units	en_US
dc.subject	paediatric services	en_US
dc.title	Will hospital based short stay assessment units improve efficiency of paediatric services?	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US