Stepdown beds provide an intermediate level of care for patients with requirements
somewhere between that of the general ward and the intensive care unit. Models of care …

Objective Robust cost estimates of cardiovascular (CV) events are required for assessing
health care interventions aimed at reducing the economic burden of major adverse CV …

Delays in surgery will have real impacts on patient health outcomes, hospital finances and
resources, as well as training and research programs. A thoughtful and concerted effort is …

Background Surgical site infections (SSI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
surgical patients. Postoperative and total hospital length of stay (LOS) are known to be …

In this study, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model is developed for
rescheduling elective patients upon the arrival of emergency patients by considering two …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) after colorectal procedures represents a
measurable quality indicator of a healthcare system. There is an increasing interest in …

Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common type of health-care–associated infection (HAI) and
adds considerably to the individual, social, and economic costs of surgical treatment. This …

Objective: Surgical morbidity may influence long-term cancer survival. Because resection of
early stage nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is primary therapy, we sought to determine …

Perhaps no complication of surgical care has been studied more extensively than surgical
site infection (SSI). A large number of studies have examined the frequency of SSI among …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) after colorectal surgery is a frequent complication
associated with substantial morbidity. Our objective was to identify surgical predictors of SSI …