A supportive care dedicated hospitalization ward in comprehensive cancer center

Introduction Supportive care development has created new needs in patients’ care pathway. In order to anticipate, evaluate, and take care of patients’ needs, a supportive care dedicated hospitalization ward was created in late 2016 in our comprehensive cancer center, including 15 beds (11 for week c...

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Published in:Supportive care in cancer 2020-12, Vol.28 (12), p.5781-5785
Main Authors: Rambeau, Audrey, Renou, Marielle, Bisiaux, Frédérique, Chaustier, Hélène, Joyaux, Chloé, Le Caer, Franck, Fourel, Lauriane, Solem-Laviec, Heidi, Poiree, Brigitte, Corbinais, Stéphane, Delorme, Claire, Leloup-Morit, Virginie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Cancer Care Facilities - organization & administration
Care and treatment
Female
Financial statements
Hospitalization
Hospitalization - trends
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neoplasms - therapy
Nursing
Nursing Research
Oncology
Original Article
Pain
Pain Medicine
Palliative care
Rehabilitation Medicine
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:Introduction Supportive care development has created new needs in patients’ care pathway. In order to anticipate, evaluate, and take care of patients’ needs, a supportive care dedicated hospitalization ward was created in late 2016 in our comprehensive cancer center, including 15 beds (11 for week care and 4 for day care). We aimed to assess the activity of this supportive care ward in 2018. Methods Data were extracted from weekly activity reports of supportive care ward and retrospectively analyzed. Those reports are automatically generated from hospitalization scheduling software. Results In week care ward, 627 stays were recorded. Occupancy rate was 88%. Mean stay duration was 3.01 days. Main indications for week stay were pain evaluation and management (47.4%) and nutritional management (31.7%). In day care ward, 1191 stays were registered. Turnover rate was 1.18 patients/bed/day. Main indications for day stay were pain management (41.6%) and comprehensive geriatric assessment in oncology (22.8%). Conclusion The 2018 supportive care ward evaluation showed its viability in comprehensive cancer center. The main activity was based on pain and nutritional management.
ISSN:0941-4355
1433-7339
DOI:10.1007/s00520-020-05421-0