Individual and hospital-related determinants of potentially inappropriate admissions emerging from administrative records

Marco Fusco, Alessandra Buja, Paolo Piergentili, Maria Teresa Golfetto, Gianni Serafin, Silvia Gallo, Livio Dalla Barba and Vincenzo Baldo

Health Policy, 2016, vol. 120, issue 11, 1304-1312

Abstract: The appropriate use of health care is an important issue in developed countries. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the extent of potentially inappropriate hospital admissions and their individual, clinical and hospital-related determinants.

Keywords: Appropriateness; Avoidable hospital admission; Administrative data; Quality indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.09.015

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