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Impact of restructuring an inpatient pediatric service on length of stay and patient flow

Tahir K. Hameed, Syed F. Jamil, Omar S. Aldibasi and Hamad A. AlKhalaf
Saudi Medical Journal November 2023, 44 (11) 1127-1131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.11.20230511
Tahir K. Hameed
From the Department of Pediatrics (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf); from the College of Dentistry (Aldibasi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Hameed, Jamil, Aldibasi, AlKhalaf), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Syed F. Jamil
From the Department of Pediatrics (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf); from the College of Dentistry (Aldibasi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Hameed, Jamil, Aldibasi, AlKhalaf), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Omar S. Aldibasi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf); from the College of Dentistry (Aldibasi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Hameed, Jamil, Aldibasi, AlKhalaf), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hamad A. AlKhalaf
From the Department of Pediatrics (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf); from the College of Dentistry (Aldibasi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Hameed, Jamil, Aldibasi, AlKhalaf), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 44 no. 11 1127-1131
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.11.20230511
PubMed 
37926456

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received September 11, 2023
  • Accepted October 5, 2023
  • Published online November 4, 2023.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Tahir K. Hameed, MD, MMEd⇑,
  2. Syed F. Jamil, MBBS, FRCPCH,
  3. Omar S. Aldibasi, PhD and
  4. Hamad A. AlKhalaf, MBBS, Med.
  1. From the Department of Pediatrics (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Hameed, Jamil, AlKhalaf); from the College of Dentistry (Aldibasi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Hameed, Jamil, Aldibasi, AlKhalaf), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Tahir K. Hameed, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: hameedta{at}ngha.med.sa
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