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Day Care Surgery At A New University Teaching Hospital: A Review Out Of The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Edwin Mogere
Day Care Surgery At A New University Teaching Hospital: A Review Out Of The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Edwin Mogere
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Introduction: Day Care Surgery (DCS) is the surgical care of patients on a planned non-residential basis. The objective of the study was to assess the performance of DCS in the context of a developing country within the private sector. Data from a new DCS unit was compared to internationally accepted indicators of the quality of care.
Methodology: A hospital based retrospective chart review of all patients operated on within 10 surgical subspecialties was performed. The review period was the June 2006 to July 2007(12 months).
Analysis (SPSS version 11.5): Outcome measures included in-patient to DCS ratio in the various specialties; …