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Post-Heart Transplant Care Pathway's Impact on Reducing Length of Stay.
J Nurs Care Qual
September 2021
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle (Ms Guertin and Dr Dardas); Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Earle); and Decision Patterns, Oakland, California (Dr Brown).
Background: Prolonged length of stay (LOS) has undesirable consequences including increased cost, resource consumption, morbidity, and disruptions in hospital flow.
Local Problem: A high-volume heart transplant center in the Pacific Northwest had a mean index hospital LOS of 23 days, with a goal of 10 days according to the institutional heart transplant care pathway.
Methods: A retrospective, regression analysis was used to identify the factors contributing to LOS of 41 post-heart transplant patients.