Inappropriate hospital admission as a risk factor for the subsequent development of adverse events: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

All health overuse implies an unnecessary risk of patients suffering adverse events (AEs). However, this hypothesis has not been corroborated by direct estimates for inappropriate hospital admission (IHA). The objectives of the study were the following: (1) to analyze the association between IHA and the development of subsequent AEs; (2) to explore the distinct clinical and economic implications of AEs subsequent IHA compared to appropriate admissions.

Methods

An observational cross-sectional study was conducted on hospitalized patients in May 2019 in a high-complexity hospital in Madrid, Spain. The Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol was used to measure IHA, and the methodologies of the Harvard Medical Practice Study and the European Point Prevalence Survey of He

SUBMITTER: San Jose-Saras D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10433586 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature