An evaluation of multiphasic screening on admission to hospital. Precis of a report to the National Health and Medical Research Council.
A controlled study of admission multiphasic screening (AMS) at a large general hospital showed that AMS had no significant effect on a variety of indices of inpatient progress. Owing to a 64% increase in estimated cost of investigations with AMS, the total hospital admission cost was increased by approximately 5%. Under the conditions of this study, AMS added to the cost of hospitalization without associated evidence of benefit to the patient.
D001315:Australia; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006760:Hospitalization; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009098:Multiphasic Screening