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The Evaluation of Hospital Restructuring Efforts: Satisfaction, Quality, and Costs.
Quality management in health care
  • Yvonne E Bryan, PhD, RN
  • Kim S Hitchings, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Mary Agnes Fox, MSN, RN, Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Mary T. Kinneman, MSN, RN, Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Mark J Young, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1998
Abstract

This article reports on study evaluating the effects of hospital restructuring on patient satisfaction, nurse satisfaction, cost of care, and clinical quality. The restructuring involved facility redesign, telecommunications enhancement, and implementation of patient care processes incorporating multiskilled personnel and case facilitation systems. The results indicate improved patient and nurse satisfaction, decreased length of stay and variable cost per patient day, and good clinical outcomes.

PubMedID
10182537
Document Type
Article
Citation Information

Bryan, Y. E., Hitchings, K. S., Fox, M. A., Kinneman, M. T., & Young, M. J. (1998). The evaluation of hospital restructuring efforts: satisfaction, quality, and costs. Quality Management In Health Care, 6(3), 22-34.