Prevalence and Costs of Discharge Diagnoses in Inpatient General Internal Medicine: a Multi-center Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the most common and costly conditions treated by inpatient general medical services is important for implementing quality improvement, developing health policy, conducting research, and designing medical education.

Objective

To determine the prevalence and cost of conditions treated on general internal medicine (GIM) inpatient services.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study involving 7 hospital sites in Toronto, Canada.

Participants

All patients discharged between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2015 who were admitted to or discharged from an inpatient GIM service.

Main measures

Hospital administrative data were used to identify diagnoses and costs associated with admissions. The primary discharge diagnosis was identified for ea

SUBMITTER: Verma AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206337 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature