Table 6 The effect of the six scenarios on waiting for surgery
From: Quantifying the effect of complications on patient flow, costs and surgical throughputs
Scenarios | Waiting for surgery | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Waiting time (days) | 95Â % CI | Waiting list size | 95Â % CI | |
Baseline | 5 | 3.32─5.98 | 23 | 5.85─40.39 |
1. No complications | 1.36 | 1.20─1.52 | 12.33 | 1─25.97 |
2. Eliminate infections | 3.31 | 2.72─3.89 | 14.25 | 1─28.46 |
3. Eliminate high cost complications | 1.711 | 1.49─1.93 | 14.06 | 1─28.15 |
4. Increasing OR operating days | 3.89 | 3.20─4.58 | 15.17 | 1─18.92 |
5. Extra 1 ICU bed | 3.52 | 2.92─4.12 | 2.02 | 1.71─2.44 |
6. Lowering postoperative LOS by 40 % | 1.36 | 1.19─1.54 | 13.29 | 2─29.64 |