With apologies for crossposting.
Hello,
At the National Institute of Public Health in Norway we are
currently building a group of researchers who will support regional health
authorities in health policy/planning decisions. We are now working on a
report on the usefulness of shielding (ringfencing) the elective activity
from the emergency activity in hospitals, e.g.so that there will be separate
elective units. Questions we will address are:
* How serious is the problem of emergency admissions disturbing
elective activity in hospitals?
* Is the shielding of elective activity from emergency activity a good
way of dealing with such problems of disturbance? If so, under which
conditions, for which patient groups etc.?
* What are the pros and cons of shielding elective activity from
emergency activity?
* Are there better ways (than shielding) to stimulate the elective
activity at hospitals?
* The questions above we will address with respect to health effects,
patient satisfaction and efficiency/resource use/costs.
We have carried out an extensive litterature search on these
issues, and especially on the question of shielding/separating/ringfencing
of elective activity there seems to be very little published.
We would be very grateful for any information on reports
written, research done or researchers/hospitals/persons who have worked or
are working on these issues.
Yours Sincerely,
Mari Trommald, MD, PhD
and Morten Aaserud, Economist
National Inst of Public Health
Dep of Population Health Sciences
Norway
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