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. 2000 Nov 1;1:e01.

Table 1.

Fractions of in-patients waiting for discharge from hospital departments in Sweden 1990–94.

Hospital departments 1990 % 1992 (Elderly-reform) % 1993 % 1994 %
Internal medicine 21.7 10.6 10.2  7.9
General surgery 12.3  5.4  5.7  4.6
Orthopaedic surgery 21.6  8.6 12.1 11.0
Other acute care services  7.5  3.7  3.9  4.1
Total acute somatic care 15.0  7.0  7.7  6.1