目前,许多卫生经济学家、医院管理学家和卫生管理工作者均已认识到,我国医院深化改革的突破口在于提高医院服务效率,而提高服务效率的关键措施之一——缩短医院平均住院床日。缩短平均住院日,必须妥善解决病人有效治疗阶段开始前的院外准备服务和有效治疗结束后的院外康复服务。当前,在我国各地普遍存在的家庭病床理应承当此任。本文在考虑了有关社会经 At present, many health economists, hospital administrators, and health management workers have realized that the breakthrough of deepening reforms in China’s hospitals lies in improving hospital service efficiency, and one of the key measures to improve service efficiency is to shorten the hospital average hospital bed. day. To shorten the average length of hospital stay, it is necessary to properly resolve the out-of-hospital preparation service before the effective treatment phase of the patient and the off-hospital rehabilitation service after the effective treatment is completed. At present, family beds commonly found in various parts of the country should be assumed as such. This article has considered the relevant social