1991
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/3.1.1
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A Survey of the Necessity of the Hospitalization Day in an Italian Teaching Hospital

Abstract: To assess the extent of inappropriate hospital use in an adult in-patients population we used a modified version of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (A.E.P.) to evaluate retrospectively a cross-section of 273 patient-days in a large teaching hospital in the Greater Milan area. Overall, 41% were judged to represent inappropriate hospital use on the basis of the protocol's criteria. The rate of inappropriate hospital use was significantly associated with admitting specialty, ranging from 12% for surgery, … Show more

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“…Accordingly, hospitals may try to avoid the risks of treating complex patients. Along with the implementation of the DRG-based payment method, there are a number of options in practice for hospitals to increase (technical and financial) efficiency, as well as to avoid duplication and unnecessary tests, replace costly hospitalization with less expensive alternative treatments with similar efficiency, and improve treatment technologies (for example, using the Protocol for evaluating the reasons for hospitalization, clinical protocols and clinical guidelines), thus reducing the length of stay, as some studies have shown that about 20% of hospital days are completely unjustified, and that clinical guidelines are not used in the daily work to an extent in which they should be used [32][33][34][35][36] . In the field of urology, Serbian hospitals can apply clinical practice guidelines, which are published annually by the European Association of Urologists and the American Association of Urologists.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Accordingly, hospitals may try to avoid the risks of treating complex patients. Along with the implementation of the DRG-based payment method, there are a number of options in practice for hospitals to increase (technical and financial) efficiency, as well as to avoid duplication and unnecessary tests, replace costly hospitalization with less expensive alternative treatments with similar efficiency, and improve treatment technologies (for example, using the Protocol for evaluating the reasons for hospitalization, clinical protocols and clinical guidelines), thus reducing the length of stay, as some studies have shown that about 20% of hospital days are completely unjustified, and that clinical guidelines are not used in the daily work to an extent in which they should be used [32][33][34][35][36] . In the field of urology, Serbian hospitals can apply clinical practice guidelines, which are published annually by the European Association of Urologists and the American Association of Urologists.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Das AEP, ursprünglich von Gertman und Restuccia entwickelt (13), wurde später modifiziert, um sowohl Krankenhausaufnahmen, als auch einzelne Krankenhaustage bezüglich ihrer Angemessenheit zu beurteilen (21). Das Instrument wurde weltweit in einer großen Zahl von Krankenhäusern mit einer positiven Bewertung seines Nutzwertes angewandt (2,16,18,19,21,22). Methodische Studien zum AEP konzentrierten sich auf die Beurteilung der Reproduzierbarkeit (Reliabilität) und Gültigkeit (Validität) (13,15,16,22,30,31) sowie die Anpassung des ursprünglichen Instruments an Krankenhäuser mit unterschiedlichen Versorgungsaufträgen, Abteilungen oder Diagnosegruppen (8,12,17 2.…”
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“…Dabei haben die Prüfung der Angemessenheit von Krankenhausaufnahmen und -behandlungen, auch Fehlbelegungsprüfung genannt, in den vergangen Jahren in Deutschland zunehmend an Aktualität gewonnen. Die Verringerung unnötiger Krankenhausaufenthalte kann nicht nur Kosten reduzieren, sondern gleichzeitig die Qualität der Versorgung verbessern (5 In einigen Ländern wurde über zum Teil unangemessenen Krankenhausaufenthalte von erheblichem Umfang berichtet (1,2,3,13,14,18,22,28,34), aber nur wenigen Häusern ist es gelungen, diesen Anteil auf der Basis solcher Studien und Feedback-Mechanismen tatsächlich zu reduzieren (18,20,33).…”
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“…Por su parte las diferencias entre servicios en los ingresos inadecuados 1,6,24 podrían estar relacionadas con la especialidad medica y el tipo de pacientes que atienden, pero sobre todo con las características de los médicos, estilo de practica, pautas diagnósti-cas y de tratamiento, la organización interna, y su relación con el resto de los servicios hospitalarios 6 .…”
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