The potential for reducing inappropriate hospital admissions : a study of health benefits and costs in a department of internal medicine
Inappropriate hospital admissions are defined as those which do not result in health benefit for the patient or in such benefit that could have been obtained on a lower care level. Studies from many parts of the world have reported high rates of such admissions. It is commonly believed that they rep...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/23355 2023-05-15T18:34:32+02:00 The potential for reducing inappropriate hospital admissions : a study of health benefits and costs in a department of internal medicine Eriksen, Bjørn Odvar 1999 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23355 eng eng Universitetet i Tromsø University of Tromsø ISM skriftserie Nr. 48, 1999 999917320494702201 0801-017x https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23355 openAccess Copyright 1999 The Author(s) Hospital Costs Internal Medicine Patient Admission Hospitalization VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine Social medicine: 801 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 Doctoral thesis Doktorgradsavhandling 1999 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-12-15T23:55:29Z Inappropriate hospital admissions are defined as those which do not result in health benefit for the patient or in such benefit that could have been obtained on a lower care level. Studies from many parts of the world have reported high rates of such admissions. It is commonly believed that they represent a potential for significant cost reductions. However, this assumes that they can be identified at the time of admission, and, furthermore, that their cost is comparable to that of appropriate admissions. These assumptions were investigated in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital of Tromsø. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Tromsø |
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Hospital Costs Internal Medicine Patient Admission Hospitalization VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine Social medicine: 801 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 |
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Hospital Costs Internal Medicine Patient Admission Hospitalization VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine Social medicine: 801 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 Eriksen, Bjørn Odvar The potential for reducing inappropriate hospital admissions : a study of health benefits and costs in a department of internal medicine |
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Inappropriate hospital admissions are defined as those which do not result in health benefit for the patient or in such benefit that could have been obtained on a lower care level. Studies from many parts of the world have reported high rates of such admissions. It is commonly believed that they represent a potential for significant cost reductions. However, this assumes that they can be identified at the time of admission, and, furthermore, that their cost is comparable to that of appropriate admissions. These assumptions were investigated in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital of Tromsø. |
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The potential for reducing inappropriate hospital admissions : a study of health benefits and costs in a department of internal medicine |
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The potential for reducing inappropriate hospital admissions : a study of health benefits and costs in a department of internal medicine |
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The potential for reducing inappropriate hospital admissions : a study of health benefits and costs in a department of internal medicine |
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potential for reducing inappropriate hospital admissions : a study of health benefits and costs in a department of internal medicine |
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ISM skriftserie Nr. 48, 1999 999917320494702201 0801-017x https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23355 |
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