title: [Appropriateness of admissions and duration of stay in an ear, nose and throat department].
abstract: An evaluation was made of the appropriateness of hospital admissions in the ear, nose, and throat surgery department of a teaching hospital. One hundred fifty-two clinical histories were studied. Elective surgery admissions were reviewed using the new Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) for elective surgery. Non-elective admissions and the duration of the hospital stay were reviewed with the adult medical-surgical AEP. In the patients who underwent elective surgery, admission was inappropriate in 6.2% (95% confidence interval: 2.9-12.2%). Name of the non-elective admissions (95% confidence interval: 0-17.8%) was inappropriate. Nineteen per cent of hospital days were inactive (95% confidence interval: 13.3-26.4%).
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital La Paz, Madrid.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández Martín
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guallar Castillón
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Blázquez López
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garrido Cantarero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Caballero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010036:Otolaryngology; D010343:Patient Admission; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain