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[Predictive factors for inappropriate hospital stays in an internal medicine department]
J Luis Zambrana García1, M Delgado Fernández, G Cruz Caparrós
1Area de Medicina, Hospital Alto Guadalquivir, Andújar, Jaén. jzambrana@ephag.es
Background:
We aimed to know which factors are associated with inappropriate stays in an internal medicine department.
Subjects And Method:
We included 1,046 hospitalisations and evaluated the justification of the admission using the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol.
Results:
176 (16.8%) stays were considered inappropriate. In a multiple regression model, variables defining an inappropriate stay were the number of days in hospital, diagnosis on admission and the weekly day.
Conclusion:
There are determining factors for inappropriate stays in an internal medicine department.
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