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23-hour stay

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23-hour stay
Managed care A period of hospitalization of < 1 day in duration Pros 23HSs allow the management team to observe a Pt with signs of a condition–eg, stroke, AMI, hemorrhage that would require hospitalization for a prolonged period of time; because the Pt is admitted for < one day, all the services are billed at higher rates than would be allowed by the DRGs, were the Pt hospitalized. See TQM.


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