BMC Health Services Research

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A methodology to estimate the potential to move inpatient to one day surgery

Nicolas Gilliard1, Yves Eggli2* and Patricia Halfon3

Author Affiliations

1 Anesthesiology Department, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

2 Institut d'économie et de management de la santé, University of Lausanne, César Roux 19, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

3 Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

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BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:78 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-78

Published: 19 June 2006

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ICD-9-CM codes of procedures that do not qualify as surgical procedures. (Table in Word format, listing by system all ICD-9-CM procedures codes that do not qualify as surgical procedures)

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Procedures identifying a postoperative complication. (Table in Word format, listing ICD-9-CM procedures codes identifying surgery for a postoperative complication)

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Organs list according to the Latin or Greek (gr) denomination. (Table in Word format displaying the organs list)

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Diagnostic categories requiring hospitalization (SQLape groups). (Table in Word format displaying the list of the diagnostic categories requiring hospitalizations, based on SQLape grouper, a new patient classification system, described in more details on http://www.SQLape.com webcite)

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