Declines in Patient Volume: An Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Program's Response
| Autor: | John W. Riggs, Jorge D. Blanco, Michele G. Curtis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
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| Zdroj: | American Journal of Perinatology. 15:173-176 |
| ISSN: | 1098-8785 0735-1631 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-2007-993920 |
| Popis: | Historically, University teaching hospitals have been the primary providers of health care to the indigent population. With the advent of managed health-care plans, the university hospitals have seen a rapid decline in their obstetrical patient populations. This decrease is reflected in the numbers of deliveries and gynecological surgeries. From 1990 to 1995, these changes resulted in a significant decline in deliveries at our hospital, the Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital. To reverse this ominous trend, we instituted a variety of changes resulting in a more patient-centered system and found an improvement in the numbers of obstetrical patients. In the following report, we describe these changes and the subsequent outcome. |
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