The tendency in many acute care hospitals is an increase in antimicrobial drug use density rather than a decrease [ 19, 20] which in part is explained by decreasing lengths of stay and in part by an ever increasing number of patients with more complex diseases.
Carrying this theme forward, recent studies have shown that in similar high-risk surgery patients, the use of aggressive fluid resuscitation in the immediate postoperative period also improves outcome, as measured by decreased length of stay and hospital costs [ 3, 4].
Even so, the extent to which PHC can prevent or intervene in disease progression that may result in no or less hospitalisation (e.g. represented by decreased length of stay or a less severe reason for admission) will likely vary across conditions.
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Resource expenditure on more personnel during times of health care cost crisis may be offset by the decreased length of stay and avoidance of catastrophic events.
25 In contrast, a study by Lumsden et al 26 with randomised Scottish patients reported higher overall costs for LH due to higher operation costs which were not compensated by the decreased length of stay or similar QoL outcomes.
In one controlled trial simply posting the expected length of stay for patients by condition resulted in a decreased length of stay, [ 40] and this sort of thing will be done routinely in a variety of clinical situations.
Although significant capital and maintenance costs are associated with tele-ICUs, these costs can be offset by indirect financial benefits, such as decreased length of stay.
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