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Delay in discharge of patients from an acute geriatric unit
Health Trends
|April 10, 1985
Abstract:
The delay in discharge of patients from an acute geriatric unit was reviewed. More than three-quarters of the patients were subject to delayed discharge and the cumulative delay accounted for 24% of the total occupancy of beds by the 100 patients studied. Some delays may be avoided by changes in management procedure at ward level.