Table 4 The effect of eliminating all complications on operational performance
From: Quantifying the effect of complications on patient flow, costs and surgical throughputs
Indicator | Prevalence of complication | Percentage change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Existing state | 95Â % CI | None | 95Â % CI | ||
Average surgery waiting list size | 23 | 5.85–40.39 | 12.33 | 1–25.97 | −46.40 |
Average surgery waiting time | 5 days | 3.32–5.98 | 1.36 days | 1.20–1.52 | −72.80 |
Surgery throughputs | 174 | 146.22–202.98 | 197 | 173.12–220.48 | 13.22 |
Surgery cancellations | 9 | 5.81–11.52 | 0 | - | −100 |
CICU bed turnover | 60.76 | 50.84–70.68 | 68.21 | 60.02–76.41 | 12.30 |
overall bed turnover | 15.66 | 13.13–18.20 | 18.23 | 16.06–20.40 | 16.41 |
CICU nurses utilisation | 82.59 % | 79.65–85.54 | 67.70 % | 63.79–71.61 | −18.03 |
Ward nurses utilisation | 73.47 % | 72.62─74.42 | 73.79 % | 72.85─74.73 | 0.43 |