Unnecessary admission from the surgical social medicine viewpoint

Langhans, M.; Hübner, M.; von Mittelstaedt, G.

Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. Kongress 114: 780-781

1997


ISSN/ISBN: 0942-2854
PMID: 9574266
Document Number: 481724
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.

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