Table 1 Percentage of hospital days that could have been saved
From: Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals
% hospital days (clinical and day care) to gain by substitution to day care | % hospital days (clinical and day care) to gain by reduction length of stay to 15th percentile hospital | % hospital days (clinical and day care) to gain by substitution to day care AND reduction length of stay to 15th percentile hospital | Extrapolation to all Dutch hospitals: number of hospital days to gain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Internal medicine | 0.3% | 11.1% | 11.4% | 248231 |
Cardiology | 1.2% | 16.5% | 17.7% | 243766 |
Pulmonology | 0.2% | 12.9% | 13.1% | 114951 |
Rheumatology | 0.1% | 17.3% | 17.4% | 14357 |
Gastroenterology | 1.4% | 11.5% | 12.9% | 51784 |
General Surgery | 2.5% | 9.1% | 11.6% | 243697 |
Urology | 4.7% | 9.8% | 14.5% | 60074 |
Orthopaedic surgery | 2.6% | 10.7% | 13.3% | 127051 |
Cardiothoracic Surgery | 0.0% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 34833 |
Neurosurgery | 0.4% | 26.9% | 27.3% | 48463 |
Oral Surgery | 3.2% | 15.8% | 18.9% | 8712 |
Plastic surgery | 4.1% | 14.1% | 18.2% | 28022 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 0.5% | 11.5% | 12.0% | 126912 |
Paediatrics | 0.2% | 11.4% | 11.6% | 100307 |
Psychiatry | 0.0% | 19.1% | 19.1% | 84182 |
Neurology | 0.1% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 106441 |
Otolaryngology (ENT) | 13.2% | 10.5% | 23.7% | 72756 |
Ophthalmology | 5.5% | 13.9% | 19.4% | 37975 |
Geriatrics and other specialties | 0.2% | 38.7% | 38.9% | 71924 |
TOTAL | 1.4% | 12.9% | 14.3% | 1824441 |