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SUBMITTER: Strom C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513218 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Strøm Camilla C Stefansson Jakob S JS Fabritius Maria Louise ML Rasmussen Lars S LS Schmidt Thomas A TA Jakobsen Janus C JC
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20180813
<h4>Background</h4>Short-stay units are hospital units that provide short-term care for selected patients. Studies have indicated that short-stay units might reduce admission rates, time of hospital stays, hospital readmissions and expenditure without compromising the quality of care. Short-stay units are often defined by a target patient category, a target function, and a target time frame. Hypothetically, short-stay units could be established as part of any department, but this review focuses ...[more]