Reducing hospital inpatient length of stay for patients with diabetes

SUMMARY Aims To ascertain the effect of routine review by a diabetes nurse advisor on length of stay for medical and surgical inpatients with diabetes. Methods Inpatients with diabetes were identified prospectively from January 1997 until December 1998 (792 in 1997 and 819 in 1998). A new post of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diabetic medicine 2001-02, Vol.18 (2), p.162-164
Hauptverfasser:	Cavan, D. A., Hamilton, P., Everett, J., Kerr, D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences diabetes Diabetes Mellitus - nursing Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies England hospital admission Hospital Records Humans Inpatients Length of Stay Management. Various non-drug treatments. Langerhans islet grafts Medical sciences Nursing Staff, Hospital Patient Discharge Retrospective Studies
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Zusammenfassung:	SUMMARY Aims To ascertain the effect of routine review by a diabetes nurse advisor on length of stay for medical and surgical inpatients with diabetes. Methods Inpatients with diabetes were identified prospectively from January 1997 until December 1998 (792 in 1997 and 819 in 1998). A new post of diabetes nurse advisor was introduced in January 1998 to optimize diabetes management. Length of stay was calculated retrospectively from hospital computer records. Results Median length of stay in 1997 was 11 days in medicine and 8 days in surgery. In 1998, the nurse advisor made 1936 visits to 819 patients; median length of stay fell to 8 days in medicine and 5 days in surgery (P
ISSN:	0742-3071 1464-5491
DOI:	10.1046/j.1464-5491.2001.00420.x