Inappropriate Hospital Admission According to Patient Intrinsic Risk Factors: an Epidemiological Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inappropriate hospital admissions compromise the efficiency of the health care system. This work analyzes, for the first time, the prevalence of inappropriate admission and its association with clinical and epidemiological patient characteristics.

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence, associated risk factors, and economic impact of inappropriate hospital admissions.

Design and participants

This was a cross-sectional observational study of all hospitalized patients in a high complexity hospital of over 901 beds capacity in Spain. The prevalence of inappropriate admission and its causes, the association of inappropriateness with patients' intrinsic risk factors (IRFs), and associated financial costs were analyzed with the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol

SUBMITTER: San Jose-Saras D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212828 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature