Why the study?
Do enhanced recovery programmes reduce length of hospital stay and overall complication rates in surgical patients?
Do enhanced recovery programmes reduce length of hospital stay and overall complication rates in surgical patients?
Enhanced recovery programmes effectively reduce hospital stay length and complication rates in surgical patients, though specific beneficial components remain unidentified.
Supports routine ERP adoption across specialties to shorten stays and cut complications; confirms broad efficacy while leaving key components unidentified.
ERPs are effective in reducing length of hospital stay and overall complication rates across surgical specialties. It was not possible to identify individual components that improved outcome. Qualitative synthesis may be more appropriate to investigate the determinants of success.
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