title: [The evaluation of day hospital activities: an analysis of intervention protocols and a comparison between the indicators of the activities of the day hospital and of the regular admission].
abstract: Day hospital (DH) activity may avoid in-staying of patients resulting in an increase of efficiency and in a more satisfying diagnostical-therapeutical process for the patient. All the same, it is quite difficult to identify parametres and indicators to be used in the evaluation and quantification of DH, so that both scientific literature reporting experiences and law are lacking. One of the reasons is probably due to the lack of nosological characterization of patients and protocols of DH activity, so that the definition relies only on organizational and technical parameters. Characterization of protocols of intervention is the basic approach to the present DH investigation. Parameters such as: multiplicity of services, weekly planning of the activity and surveillance needed by the patient are considered the fundamental criteria to identify and quantify DH in the present research carried out at the University Regional Hospital of Pisa. The aim of this article is, on one side, to give a methodology of investigation based, as far as possible, on "explicit" indicators and parameters, so that the experience may be exported into other contexts and on the other, to give an example of resource analysis and efficiency evaluation which were internally used for "audit" review.
authors.affiliation: U.O. di Tecnica ed Organizzazione Ospedaliera, Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Az. Osp. CNR-CREAS-IFC, Pisa.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giuliano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geracitano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scarselli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ursino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azadegan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caroli
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007558:Italy; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Indagine per la valutazione delle attività di Day Hospital: analisi dei protocolli di intervento e confronto tra indicatori di attività del Day Hospital e del ricovero ordinario.