November 19, 2007BMC Health Services ResearchOpen Access

Factors associated with the appropriate use of preoperatory hospital stays: historical cohort study

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Population

440 hospitalized patients who underwent at least one surgical procedure and had a preoperatory stay of at…

Design

Cohort

Authors

STSonia TamamesJunta de Castilla y León ARAlberto Pérez RubioHospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid JCJavier CastrodezaUniversidad de Valladolid

Discussion

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Implication

Nearly half of preoperative stays inappropriate; observational data leaves open whether targeting factors reduces rates.

Structured PICO

Population

440 hospitalized patients who underwent at least one surgical procedure and had a preoperatory stay of at least one day, mean age 62.6, at the University Clinical Hospital of Valladolid, Spain.

Outcome

Degree of appropriateness in preoperatory hospital stays measured by the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP)

Almost half of preoperatory hospital stays were deemed inappropriate, with risk factors including weekend days, programmed admissions, and longer hospital stays.

Limitations

Not a concurrent review, which may lead to overestimation of inappropriateness
Limitations derived from the use of the AEP as the measuring instrument
Need to evaluate other potential confounders such as social and clinical factors

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Tamames et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70a67935aa2c282ce1f95f https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-187

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Factors associated with the appropriate use of preoperatory hospital stays: historical cohort study

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Factors associated with the appropriate use of preoperatory hospital stays: historical cohort study

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