Organisational and financial consequences of the early discharge of patients treated for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection and osteomyelitis in infectious disease departments in Greece, Italy and Spain: a scenario analysis.
Umberto RestelliMarzia BonfantiDavide CroceSantiago GrauSymeon MetallidisSantiago Moreno GuillénValeria PacelliGiuliano RizzardiniMarco SoroAthanasios VozikisAlastair M GrayPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
The early discharge strategy presented would have a positive organisational impact on National Health Services, leading to potential savings in beds, and to a reduction of hospital-acquired infections and costs.