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| Title |
A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-12-154 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Einar Hovlid, Oddbjørn Bukve, Kjell Haug, Aslak Bjarne Aslaksen, Christian von Plessen |
| Abstract |
The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a Norwegian general hospital, the pathway for elective surgery was redesigned. The changes included earlier clinical assessment of patients, better planning and documentation systems, and increased involvement of patients in the scheduling of surgeries. This study evaluated the outcomes of this new pathway for elective surgery and explored which factors affected the outcomes. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1 | 50% |
| Spain | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 115 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 112 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 25% |
| Researcher | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 21 | 18% |
| Unknown | 27 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 7% |
| Engineering | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 30 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 May 2013.
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#14,146,599
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Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#5,032
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#98,649
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#61
of 94 outputs
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