• Hosp Health Serv Adm · Jan 1991

    Relationship between inappropriate admissions and days of care: implications for utilization management.

    • B M Booth, R L Ludke, D S Wakefield, D C Kern, and C E du Mond.
    • VA Medical Center, Iowa City.
    • Hosp Health Serv Adm. 1991 Jan 1; 36 (3): 421-37.

    AbstractA critical issue for utilization management programs is how much of the hospitalization should be reviewed and whether information relative to the admission provides information about the subsequent days of stay. This study evaluates the relationship between the appropriateness (defined as overutilization of acute, inpatient services) of admissions and all days of stay in a probability sample of 6,063 hospitalizations from 50 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers (VAMCs). Results suggest that preadmission reviews in hospital-based utilization management programs may eliminate not only unnecessary admissions but also, in most cases, completely inappropriate hospitalizations. In addition, except where inpatient-appropriate surgeries are not performed in a timely manner, review of the rest of the stay may not be an efficient use of time and resources.

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