Trends in day surgery in the Netherlands

Hospital care has been subject to important changes during the last century. In stead of treating patients with various diseases with bed rest, medical care has shifted from in hospital to an ambulatory or outpatient setting as much as possible. Admission time after surgery shortened and day surgery became popular. The central theme of this thesis was to assess the developments of day surgery in the Netherlands in the past two centuries and to address several relevant clinical issues. Data on clinical and day care admissions were provided by Prismant, Utrecht. First, developments from 1984-199... Mehr ...