Key result
Providing physicians with feedback on inappropriate hospital days significantly reduced inappropriate stays attributable to the doctor from 35.9% to 27.7% (relative drop 22.8%; P<0.01).
Why the study?
Does providing feedback to physicians reduce inappropriate hospital days?
Population
Medical staff and patients in a publicly funded hospital in Barcelona serving an urban population of…
Comparison
Feedback meetings between hospital management… vs No feedback (surgery department).
Design
Other
Authors
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Feedback may reduce physician-driven inappropriate stays; leaves open whether RCTs confirm outcomes or cost benefits.
Does providing feedback to physicians reduce inappropriate hospital days?
Effect estimate: relative drop 22.8%
p-value: p=< 0.01
Providing feedback to physicians on inappropriate hospital stays significantly reduces the percentage of inappropriate stays attributable to medical decision-making.
Moya-Ruiz et al. (2002) studied Inappropriate hospital days. Feedback to medical staff regarding inappropriate stays vs. No feedback (surgery department) was evaluated on Inappropriate stays attributable to the doctor (relative drop 22.8%, p=< 0.01). Providing physicians with feedback on inappropriate hospital days significantly reduced inappropriate stays attributable to the doctor from 35.9% to 27.7% (relative drop 22.8%; P<0.01).
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