ArticleGlobal journal of health science2014
Predictors of inappropriate hospital stay: experience from Iran.
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- Strategies for utilisation management of hospital services: a systematic review of interventions.Globalization and health · 2022Pooled it
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- The Gap Between the Actual Cost and Tariffs of Global Surgical Procedures: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study in Qazvin Province, Iran.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2024Article
- Rate and causes of inappropriate stays and the resulting financial burden in a single specialty burns hospital.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of inappropriate hospital admissions and days of children in a secondary hospital in Shanghai, China.PloS one · 2022Article
- Predictors and reasons for inappropriate hospitalization days for surgical patients in a tertiary hospital in Wuhan, China: a retrospective study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Which Factors Predict Hospital Length-of-Stay for Children Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Ward? A Hospital-Based Prospective Study.Global pediatric health · 2020Article
- Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Pediatrics: Adherence to Clinical Guidelines.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Prevalence and determinants of inappropriate admission and hospitalization in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2020Article
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- The role of CAT in evaluating the response to treatment of patients with AECOPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2018Article
- Inappropriate admissions of the cardiology and orthopedics departments of a tertiary hospital in Shanghai, China.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveHospital services are the most expensive component of modern health care systems and inappropriate hospital stay is one of the most important challenges facing hospitals in many countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of inappropriate hospital stay and investigate the related factors in Semnan city (Iran).
methodsIn this study, the Iranian version of Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) was used in a representative sample of 300 hospital admissions and 905 hospital days. Data collection was performed during six weeks in January and February 2014 in four wards (two internal medicine and two surgical wards) of two hospitals in Semnan city (Iran).
resultsThe results showed that 7.4% of admissions and 22.1% of stays have been inappropriate. Inappropriate stays were mainly concerned to the factors, including length of stay, inappropriate admissions, as well as factors related to hospitals. The most frequent causes of unjustifiable days were due to waiting for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures (35.1%), and 20.6% delay in discharge of patients by physicians due to conservative medical policy.
conclusionIn conclusion, this study confirms the existence of inappropriate hospital stays which may be due to patient characteristics and hospital factors. The most unjustifiable reasons for inappropriate hospital stay were related to internal processes of hospital, which mostly could be prevented through appropriate management Therefore, some steps must be taken to decrease inappropriate hospital stay and preserve hospital resources for patients who need them.
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