Application effect of selective hospitalization management in patients with thyroid tumor and breast cancer

Abstract

Objective To retrospectively compared the hospitalization days and hospitalization costs of patients with thyroid tumor and breast cancer between patients who accepted selective hospitalization management and patients who accepted routine hospital management, and analyze the effect of selective hospitalization management to shorten the average hospitalization days. Methods A total of 419 patients with thyroid tumor and 318 patients with breast cancer who were treated in Fujian Provincial Hospital from March 2013 to February 2016 were chosen as the study object, and they were divided into the control group and the study group according to whether accepting the selective hospitalization management. Evaluating indicators included the total hospitalization days, preoperative hospitalization days, postoperative hospitalization days and hospitalization costs. Results Compared with the control group, the average total hospitalization days [(6.56±2.94)d vs (8.09±3.71)d, (12.44±3.91)d vs (14.73±6.66)d)] and preoperative hospitalization days[(2.42±1.94)d vs (4.17±2.68)d, (2.98±1.70) vs (5.29±4.00)d] in the study group were all reduced (P 0.05). Conclusions Selective hospitalization management could effectively shorten the hospitalization days of patients undergoing selective operation, and increase beds turnover rate. So the new management method would produce good social and economic benefits for the hospital. Key words: Breast tumor; Thyroid tumor; Length of stay; Selective hospitalization management; Cost