title: [Quality of hospital discharge reports in terms of current legislation and expert recommendations].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the quality of hospital discharge reports (HDRs) taking into account current legislation and the conclusions of the consensus on hospital discharge reports in medical specialities in 11 community hospitals in Andalusia (Spain).
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study of 1,708 HDRs was carried out. We determined the presence or absence of the various items required by current legislation and by the recommendations of the above-mentioned consensus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 97.4% (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 96.5-98.2) of the HDRs were classified as satisfactory according to the stipulations of current legislation. However, when the assessment was based on the consensus, the rate of adequacy fell to 72.1% (95% CI: 70.0-74.3). A notable finding was the absence of the duration of treatment after hospital discharge in 39.4% of the HDRs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HDRs show an excellent level of compliance with the data required by current regulations, but their intrinsic quality needs to be improved.
authors.affiliation: Dirección Asistencial, Agencia Sanitaria Alto Guadalquivir, Montilla (Córdoba), España. jlzambrana@ephag.es
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zambrana-García
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivas-Ruiz
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011786:Quality Control; D013030:Spain