title: [Analysis of avoidable mortality in Valencia Community hospitals].
abstract: Using a list of avoidable mortality (AM) causes as indicators of medical care (IMC) according to the Holland classification, a study on AM was conducted in the Valencia Community hospitals during 1994 and 1995. A total of 617 patients out of 106,540 discharges with IMC criteria died (mortality rate: 0.58%). The most common causes of AM included hypertension and cerebrovascular disease, with 46% of avoidable deaths; maternalperinatal disease, with 36%, and tuberculosis, 7%. According to the logistic regression analysis, men had a higher risk of AM than women, the age groups at highest risk were those over 50 years and less than 18 years, and the presence of a higher number of diagnoses was associated with increased risk.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Malva-Rosa, Valencia. bautista_dan@gva.es
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bautista Rentero
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alfonso Sánchez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saiz Sánchez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corella Piquer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain