TY - JOUR
AU1 - Duncan, I. B.
AB - pital. A total of seven wards in three hospitals were studied for Hospital Organization: A Progress Report on the about two weeks each. Brunei Health Services Organization Project One hundred and ninety-eight patients, who were in hospital for a total of 1863 days, were observed. Of these, 68, in the opinion of the Ralph Raw bottom, with Jeanne Balle, Stephen Cong, Maureen author, had their stay unduly lengthened by a total of 164 days. The Dixon, Elliott Jaqucs, Tim Packwood& Heather Toltiday. London: variation between wards in the number of wasted days was consider- Helneminn Educational Books, 1973. ix + 314 pages; figures; able, the range being from 56 days wasted out of 219 for one ward to tables. 24 x 16 cm. £5.25 4 days wasted out of 315 for another, the respective number of patients affected being 11 out of 19 and 2 out of 34. The major This book is an interim report from the Health Services Organisa- reasons for days wasted were: (i) an unduly long pre-operative stay; tion Research Unit at Brunei University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, on (ii) waiting for the consultant to visit the ward; and (iii) waiting for "work in progress". It is 
TI - Book Reviews
JF - British Medical Bulletin
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a071218
DA - 1974-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-Kep0ZlsJIL
SP - 285
EP - 285
VL - 30
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -