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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Determinants of Inappropriate Admissions in County Hospitals in Rural China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Yan Zhang, Liang Zhang, Haomiao Li, Yingchun Chen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Yan ZhangSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. yanzhang@hust.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3183-0034
Liang ZhangSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. zhangliang@mails.tjmu.edu.cn.
Haomiao LiSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. lihaomiao@hust.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6997-9614
Yingchun ChenSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. chenyingchun@hust.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9400-0308

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inappropriate admissions have contributed to the rapid increase in hospitalisations in rural China. This study characterised the degree and determinants of inappropriate admissions in county hospitals. We used expert consultation to develop an appropriateness evaluation protocol that included nine requirements for services and 21 indicators of disease severity. A total of 2230 medical records from 2014 were collected from five county hospitals by stratified cluster sampling and evaluated for appropriateness using the protocol in 2016. The determinants of inappropriate admissions were analysed by two-level logistic regression. The overall inappropriate admission rate was 15.2%. Patients aged.

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AdultAge FactorsChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitals, CountyHumansLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPatient AdmissionRural PopulationSeverity of Illness IndexYoung Adultappropriateness evaluation protocolcounty hospitalinappropriate admissionNew Rural Cooperative Medical Systemrural China

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