Anaemia in a South African colorectal ERAS programme – identifying the prevalence and predictors of preoperative anaemia and the effect on post-operative complications and length o... by Nieuwenhuis, Kathryn

“…Three regression analyses were performed as part of the secondary objective to determine the risk factors for preoperative anaemia and predictors for postoperative complications and length of hospital stay. Patients were defined as anaemic if their haemoglobin was less than 13.0 g/dL. …”
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The costing of COVID-19 intensive care units at a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa by Hood, Kirsten

“…The median length of stay was nine days, resulting in a median cost per admission of R225 050. …”
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Organised care of acute stroke at Groote Schuur Hospital : a controlled trial by Patel, Nilesh-Kumar

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A demographic study of adolescent in-patients at Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital 1986-1990 : implications for policy and intervention by Wallis, Jennifer Mary

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Between hospital and home – rehabilitation services for stroke survivors at a Western Cape Government-funded Transitional Care Facility by Rangolie, Carolyn

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Case mix and coding error detection in Western Cape healthcare facilities by Narayan, Saiheal

“…This is then compared to another metric that uses actual length of stay data from the public sector, which will act as a proxy for resource utilisation (Fetter, Shin, Freeman, Averill, and Thompson, 1980). …”
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Microvascular free tissue transfer for the head and neck reconstructive in a resource-limited setting by Dos Passos, Gary

“…Demographic factors, indications for flap cover, operative details (flap used, duration and lowest recorded temperature), intensive care and hospital length of stay, and other outcomes were recorded and evaluated (including flap and systemic complications, donor site morbidity, haematomas as well as returns to theatre). …”
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