Surgical Day Care Predicaments

Authors

  • Lee Curell
  • Shelley Dalzell

Abstract

Today health care dollars are scarce and health, care resources are stretched to the maximum. OR time is severely limited and there is a critical shortage of inpatient beds. Hospitals have been forced to look at ways of providing quality care, while also reducing costs. Day care surgery, or ambulatory surgery as it is sometimes known, is one of the answers to this dilemma.

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Published

2000-12-01

How to Cite

Curell, L., & Dalzell, S. (2000). Surgical Day Care Predicaments. Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada Journal, 18(4). Retrieved from https://ornacjournal.ca/index.php/ornac/article/view/12701

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Feature Articles