Elective ambulatory surgical care in Ireland —why it needs to be better coded, classified and managed

ConclusionOur findings show that many day cases should have been performed as outpatient procedures and that there were variations in coding and practices between hospitals that could not be easily explained. Outpatient procedure coding and a better, more consistent, classification of day cases are both required to better manage this group of patients.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research