Measuring medically unjustified hospitalizations in Switzerland

• Main Authors: Yves Eggli (Author), Patricia Halfon (Author), Romain Piaget-Rossel (Author), Thomas Bischoff (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Inappropriate use of acute hospital beds is a major topic in health politics. We present here a new approach to measure unnecessary hospitalizations in Medicine and Pediatrics. Methods The necessity of a hospital admission was determined using explicit criteria related to the rec...