REDUCTION OF REDUNDANT HOSPITAL STAY THROUGH CONTROLLED INTERVENTION

Benjamin Mozes; Amir Katz; Hillel Halkin; Eyal Schiff; Baruch Modan

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(87)90306-0

REDUCTION OF REDUNDANT HOSPITAL STAY THROUGH CONTROLLED INTERVENTION

Benjamin Mozes^*, Amir Katz, Hillel Halkin, Eyal Schiff, Baruch Modan

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Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

With the aim of reducing redundant hospital stay through controlled intervention, preset criteria for inpatient care were applied on a medical ward. The proportion of unjustified hospital stay days fell by 52·6% and the average length of stay on the experimental ward declined from 6·3 days to 4·6 days. On a control medical ward there was practically no change. At one-month follow-up, patients from the two wards did not differ in death rate, readmission rate, or subjective evaluation of health status.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	968-969
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	329
Issue number	8539
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(87)90306-0
State	Published - 25 Apr 1987

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