Investigation and analysis on patients of extended stay at 11 hospitals in Beijing / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate and analyze the status quo of the patients of extended stay at 11 clinical hospitals of a general university in Beijing, and explore the countermeasures and solutions.Methods Contact with the medical affairs departments of these hospitals to collect information about such patients of extended stay.Results A total of 43 cases of patients were identified as extended stay at these hospitals, accounting for 0.00% to 0.93% of total beds.Their stay ranged from 1 month to 15 years, including 17 cases with medical disputes (39.5%), and 26 cases without (60.5%).Conclusions The phenomenon of extended stay at hospitals deserve enough attention and appropriate actions accordingly.