Investigating the Appropriateness of Admission and Hospitalization at a Teaching Hospital: A Case of a Developing Country
Background: Reduction of inappropriate use of health services can decrease health care costs without harming the quality of services. This study aimed to investigate inappropriate admission and hospitalization at Afzalipour Hospital of Kerman, Iran. Methods: Inappropriate admission and hospitaliz...
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| author | Mahmood NEKOEI MOGHADAM Mohammadreza AMIRESMAILI Reza GOUDARZI Saeed AMINI Sajad KHOSRAVI |
| author_facet | Mahmood NEKOEI MOGHADAM Mohammadreza AMIRESMAILI Reza GOUDARZI Saeed AMINI Sajad KHOSRAVI |
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| description | Background: Reduction of inappropriate use of health services can decrease health care costs without harming the quality of services. This study aimed to investigate inappropriate admission and hospitalization at Afzalipour Hospital of Kerman, Iran.
Methods: Inappropriate admission and hospitalization were assessed via a cross-sectional study on 400 patients in Kerman Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman, Iran in 2015. The Iranian version of the Appropriateness Assessment Protocol was used for data collection. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used to analyze the data.
Results: The rate of inappropriate admissions and hospitalization were 7.6% and 9% respectively. There was no significant relationship between inappropriate admissions and any of the studied variables; however, there was a significant relationship between inappropriate hospitalization and age, length of stay and hospital departments.
Conclusion: If standard measures of admission and hospitalization execute correctly, unnecessary hospitalization rate can be reduced, so more patients can be treated and cost and workload of hospital personnel can be moderated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7e6627f0f3c4290a1ceb9c68c08b9622022-12-21T20:22:11ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932017-11-014612Investigating the Appropriateness of Admission and Hospitalization at a Teaching Hospital: A Case of a Developing CountryMahmood NEKOEI MOGHADAM0Mohammadreza AMIRESMAILI1Reza GOUDARZI2Saeed AMINI3Sajad KHOSRAVI4Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranMedical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranResearch Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranHealth Services Management, EDC, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, IranDept. of Health Services Management, School of Public Health, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, IranBackground: Reduction of inappropriate use of health services can decrease health care costs without harming the quality of services. This study aimed to investigate inappropriate admission and hospitalization at Afzalipour Hospital of Kerman, Iran. Methods: Inappropriate admission and hospitalization were assessed via a cross-sectional study on 400 patients in Kerman Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman, Iran in 2015. The Iranian version of the Appropriateness Assessment Protocol was used for data collection. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. Results: The rate of inappropriate admissions and hospitalization were 7.6% and 9% respectively. There was no significant relationship between inappropriate admissions and any of the studied variables; however, there was a significant relationship between inappropriate hospitalization and age, length of stay and hospital departments. Conclusion: If standard measures of admission and hospitalization execute correctly, unnecessary hospitalization rate can be reduced, so more patients can be treated and cost and workload of hospital personnel can be moderated.https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/11771Appropriate evaluation protocolInappropriate admissions and hospitalizationHospital |
| spellingShingle | Mahmood NEKOEI MOGHADAM Mohammadreza AMIRESMAILI Reza GOUDARZI Saeed AMINI Sajad KHOSRAVI Investigating the Appropriateness of Admission and Hospitalization at a Teaching Hospital: A Case of a Developing Country Iranian Journal of Public Health Appropriate evaluation protocol Inappropriate admissions and hospitalization Hospital |
| title | Investigating the Appropriateness of Admission and Hospitalization at a Teaching Hospital: A Case of a Developing Country |
| title_full | Investigating the Appropriateness of Admission and Hospitalization at a Teaching Hospital: A Case of a Developing Country |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the Appropriateness of Admission and Hospitalization at a Teaching Hospital: A Case of a Developing Country |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Appropriateness of Admission and Hospitalization at a Teaching Hospital: A Case of a Developing Country |
| title_short | Investigating the Appropriateness of Admission and Hospitalization at a Teaching Hospital: A Case of a Developing Country |
| title_sort | investigating the appropriateness of admission and hospitalization at a teaching hospital a case of a developing country |
| topic | Appropriate evaluation protocol Inappropriate admissions and hospitalization Hospital |
| url | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/11771 |
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