title: [Unnecessary admission from the surgical social medicine viewpoint].
abstract: Wrongfully inpatient admission means unnecessary treatment of patients with the means of a hospital. In a study of the Medical Service (MDK) in the German state of Hessen 58% of 954 inpatients were considered wrongfully admitted. 199 patients were treated surgically, the wrongful admission rate of 63% is caused by an unnecessary duration of pre- and postoperative treatment time as well as by organizational deficits.
authors.affiliation: MDK in Hessen, Oberursel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langhans
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hübner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Mittelstaedt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Fehlbelegung aus chirurgisch-sozialmedizinischer Sicht.