Abstract
By a retrospective medical record review it is studied if 334 admissions of acute short-term hospitalization (< 24 hours) of elderly medical patients could have been substituted by alternative solutions. 27% of these admissions were evaluated as substitutable. This study cannot confirm that the number of medical short-term admissions of elderly patients could be reduced by one or more specific interventions, nor that the medical short-term hospitalization generally is inappropriate.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Analysis of medical short-term admissions of elderly patients with focus on alternatives to hospitalization |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Artikelnummer | V10140554 |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 177 |
Udgave nummer | 6 |
Sider (fra-til) | 561-3 |
Antal sider | 3 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 2015 |