Single-Occupancy Patient Rooms: A Systematic Review of the Literature Since 2006.
Ellen TaylorAlan J CardMelissa PiatkowskiPublished in: HERD (2018)
SPRs seem to result in more advantages than disadvantages. However, healthcare is a complex adaptive system, and decisions for 100% SPRs should be reviewed alongside related issues, such as necessary workflow modifications, unit configuration and other room layout decisions, patient populations, staffing models, and inherent trade-offs (e.g., the advantages of privacy compared to disadvantage of isolation).